Synonyms for depravity
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Corruption — the state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement
corruption, immorality, degeneracy, turpitude, wickedness, perversion, sinfulness, sin, enormity, evil, villainy, profligacy, depravation, baseness, degradation, demoralization, demoralisation UK, defilement, malignity, iniquity, putrefaction, impurity, vice
Definitions
- n. 1
The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
- n. 2
A particular depraved act or trait.
Related words
- Word family
- depravation depravedness
- Phrases
- original depravity
Forms
- Plural
- depravities → corruptions, immoralities, degeneracies, turpitudes…
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Depravity denotes not any action, but a perverted moral condition from which any act of sin may proceed.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- corruption A man of strong will is not subject to corruption.
- immorality Islam hates immorality and so does Judaism.
- degeneracy Censorship is a sign of degeneracy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| depravity | rising | |
| corruption | rising | |
| immorality | rising | |
| degeneracy | steady | |
| turpitude | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sin1
- 4 letters
- evil2, vice1
- 5 letters
- wrong1
- 6 letters
- infamy3
- 7 letters
- outrage2
- 8 letters
- atrocity4, enormity4, iniquity4, impurity4, villainy, baseness
- 9 letters
- turpitude3, malignity
- 10 letters
- corruption3, immorality5, wickedness3, perversion3, degeneracy5, profligacy4, sinfulness, defilement
- 11 letters
- degradation4, depravation4
- 12 letters
- putrefaction
- 14 letters
- demoralization6, demoralisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).