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Depravation (Noun)

Meaning

Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Examples

  • The city's underbelly was notorious for its depravity, where crime and vice ran rampant.
  • The politician's scandalous affair was seen as a symbol of the depravity that had infected the government.
  • The novel explored the depravity of the wealthy elite, who used their power to exploit and manipulate others.
  • The once-great civilization had succumbed to depravity, its people more concerned with indulging their base desires than with upholding moral principles.
  • The journalist's exposé revealed a culture of depravity within the organization, where corruption and abuse of power were rampant.

Synonyms

  • Depravity
  • Corruption
  • Degeneracy
  • Putrefaction

Hypernyms

  • Immorality

Related Words

  • Deprave (verb)
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