Depravity (Noun)
Meaning 1
A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The politician's history of embezzlement and bribery was a shocking example of depravity in public office.
- Her actions were a stark reminder of the depravity that can occur when individuals prioritize power over morality.
- The widespread corruption in the police department was a symptom of the deeper depravity that had infected the entire institution.
- The cult's depravity was masked by a veneer of respectability, but the truth eventually came to light through investigation.
- The bleak and disturbing novel was a commentary on the depravity that existed in the darkest corners of human nature.
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Meaning 2
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 decadent lifestyles of the aristocrats revealed the underlying depravity that lay at the heart of their societal influence.
- Poverty, malnutrition, and the deplorable conditions had spawned a general state of depravity, bringing crime to record highs in that sector of town.
- Egotism is simply an enlarged part of vanity - we had some small specimen in history before we produced Nero or Mr Dickens: "how unscientific; after witnessing at 36 St such tremendous case as proved himself thus Depravity really acting rather scientific reasoning principle well suited each system naturally carried completely formed another scientific great care self experience on way earth too...
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