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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
But as the play begins, Oswald (Hawke) has returned, now 25, with the depravity having found him anyway.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2025
The film premieres March 15 at the Roxy Cinema in New York, and stars Dario Yazbek Bernal and Jack Irv as two lovers whose whirlwind romance sends them down a rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2025
But what starts out as an easy payday soon becomes an unsettling journey into the deepest pits of human depravity.
—S.a. Cosby, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2025
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2025
The film premieres March 15 at the Roxy Cinema in New York, and stars Dario Yazbek Bernal and Jack Irv as two lovers whose whirlwind romance sends them down a rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2025
But what starts out as an easy payday soon becomes an unsettling journey into the deepest pits of human depravity.
—S.a. Cosby, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depravity
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Using her celebrity, Tabei was also an activist for environmental change in high-altitude regions, having grown appalled by the degradation of fragile mountain glaciers that was being caused by the mountaineering industry.—
Jenny Hall,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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To others, a symbol of degradation and objectification.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The series is centered on organized crime and corruption in Atlantic City during the Prohibition era, using real-life characters like Al Capone, Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Trump's Justice Department dropped corruption charges against Adams earlier this year.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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And the sin that Crespo supposedly committed to warrant banishment?—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025
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For his part, Misch has not come close to showing remorse nor confessing his sins.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
14 May 2025
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However, all Della can see is immorality between any two female brides, hurriedly making an excuse of being slammed by orders in six months.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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Yair Golan, a former Israeli deputy commander and chairman of the Democrats party in the Knesset, offered on Monday perhaps the strongest political rebuke of Netanyahu’s government yet, accusing the prime minister of leading the nation down a path of immorality and destruction.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
22 May 2025
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Pakistan, which has a history of providing clandestine support to the Taliban, has blamed the latter for providing a safe haven to terrorists who commit atrocities on Pakistani soil.—
Hasan Ali,
Christian Science Monitor,
19 May 2025
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But fighting had broken out across Sudan, and reports of atrocities were filtering in from the countryside: mass rapes, mass executions, torture.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Nature, light, darkness, mundane rituals, violence, ambiguity, and evil, in such forms as death, tribalism, and xenophobia.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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Two Prosecutors follows in that tradition, being a very slow and very talky chamber piece that could be the most terrifying comedy that Aki Kaurismäki never made, or a Chaplin-esque horror film about the evils of bureaucracy in a world ruled by morons.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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“Depravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depravity. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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