depravity 音标拼音: [dɪpr'ævəti]
n . 堕落,腐败,邪恶
堕落,腐败,邪恶
depravity n 1 :
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 " [
synonym :
{
corruption }, {
degeneracy }, {
depravation }, {
depravity },
{
putrefaction }]
2 :
a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice ; "
the various turpitudes of modern society " [
synonym : {
depravity },
{
turpitude }]
Depravity \
De *
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n . [
From {
Deprave }:
cf .
L .
pravitas crookedness ,
perverseness .]
The state of being depraved or corrupted ;
a vitiated state of moral character ;
general badness of character ;
wickedness of mind or heart ;
absence of religious feeling and principle .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Total depravity }.
See {
Original sin },
and {
Calvinism }.
Syn :
Corruption ;
vitiation ;
wickedness ;
vice ;
contamination ;
degeneracy .
Usage : {
Depravity }, {
Depravation }, {
Corruption }.
Depravilty is a vitiated state of mind or feeling ;
as ,
the depravity of the human heart ;
depravity of public morals .
Depravation points to the act or process of making depraved ,
and hence to the end thus reached ;
as ,
a gradual depravation of principle ;
a depravation of manners ,
of the heart ,
etc .
Corruption is the only one of these words which applies to physical substances ,
and in reference to these denotes the process by which their component parts are dissolved .
Hence ,
when figuratively used ,
it denotes an utter vitiation of principle or feeling .
Depravity applies only to the mind and heart :
we can speak of a depraved taste ,
or a corrupt taste ;
in the first we introduce the notion that there has been the influence of bad training to pervert ;
in the second ,
that there is a want of true principle to pervert ;
in the second ,
that there is a want of true principles to decide .
The other two words have a wider use :
we can speak of the depravation or the corruption of taste and public sentiment .
Depravity is more or less open ;
corruption is more or less disguised in its operations .
What is depraved requires to be reformed ;
what is corrupt requires to be purified .
[
1913 Webster ]
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "
depravity ":
abandon ,
abandonment ,
abjection ,
abjectness ,
abominableness ,
atrociousness ,
baseness ,
beggarliness ,
contemptibility ,
contemptibleness ,
corruptedness ,
corruption ,
corruptness ,
crumminess ,
debasement ,
decadence ,
decadency ,
degeneracy ,
degenerateness ,
degeneration ,
degradation ,
demoralization ,
depravation ,
depravedness ,
despicableness ,
dissoluteness ,
enormity ,
execrableness ,
foulness ,
fulsomeness ,
grossness ,
heinousness ,
immorality ,
littleness ,
lowness ,
meanness ,
miserableness ,
monstrousness ,
moral pollution ,
moral turpitude ,
nefariousness ,
obnoxiousness ,
odiousness ,
paltriness ,
pettiness ,
pokiness ,
poorness ,
profligacy ,
rankness ,
reprobacy ,
rottenness ,
scabbiness ,
scrubbiness ,
scruffiness ,
scumminess ,
scurviness ,
shabbiness ,
shoddiness ,
smallness ,
squalor ,
turpitude ,
vice ,
vileness ,
wickedness ,
wretchedness
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