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as in degradation
a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior
regards the widespread acceptance of gambling as another sign of the depravity of today's society
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as in corruption
immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society
a section of the city long known as den of depravity
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as in sinfulness
the state or quality of being utterly evil
the depravity of the demons and devils in many tales of horror
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Recent Examples of depravity
The Hollywood epic sees Chazelle embrace an aesthetic of decadence and depravity to showcase the outrageous excess of 1920s Hollywood, as the industry transitions from silent pictures to the talkies.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Even Hulu’s Rivals could frighten you with the depths of its amorous characters’ depravity.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Everyone makes a choice, succumbing to the inertia of their depravity or leaping into the motion of change.
—Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
Even in a decade marred by online grifters, shameless politicians, and an alternative right-wing-media complex pushing anti-science fringe theories, the events of the past few weeks stand out for their depravity and nihilism.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Even Hulu’s Rivals could frighten you with the depths of its amorous characters’ depravity.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Everyone makes a choice, succumbing to the inertia of their depravity or leaping into the motion of change.
—Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
Even in a decade marred by online grifters, shameless politicians, and an alternative right-wing-media complex pushing anti-science fringe theories, the events of the past few weeks stand out for their depravity and nihilism.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depravity
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Our region has been plagued for far too long by foreign interference, wars, sectarian conflicts, terrorism, drug trafficking, water scarcity, refugee crises, and environmental degradation.Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2024
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These novel electrolytes are designed to be much less susceptible to degradation, offering a more stable electrolyte-environment interface.Matthew Dawson, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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The only other president to be successfully impeached was Park Geun-hye, a conservative who left office in 2017 and was sentenced to 22 years in prison for a corruption scandal involving major corporations and the daughter of a cult leader.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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In 2016, parliament impeached Park Geun-hye, the country’s first female president, over a corruption scandal.Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps the biggest sin of them all, however, is just how absolutely dull and yawn-inducing Dune: Prophecy is.Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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The sins of the Franks and their rulers had made the land fertile for Wiggo and his friends.Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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The history of medicine is too littered with incompetence and immorality to believe that doctors have always been worthy of this status.Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
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And if that doesn’t work, whoever Trump chooses instead of Gaetz will almost certainly be just as destructive, if less flamboyant in his immorality and lust for attention.Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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In 2014, Daesh attacked Sinjar, Iraq, inflicting widespread atrocities on the Yazidi community.Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Among Assad’s worst atrocities was the 2013 sarin gas attack in the city of Ghouta, which killed more than 1,400 people and was labeled a war crime by the then-UN secretary general.Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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The show felt joyously anarchic and kind of evil at the same time.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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As the film’s wealthy Pennsylvania industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren, Pearce creates a psychologically penetrating portrait of a man who is by turns generous and predatory, inquisitive and closed off, someone who ultimately reveals himself to be capable of true evil.Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Depravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depravity. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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