The phrase "a depravity of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a state or condition of moral corruption or wickedness, often in a specific context.
Example: "The novel explores the depravity of human nature when faced with extreme circumstances."
Alternatives: "a corruption of" or "a moral decay of".
(It is a commentary on the depravity of ISIS that such a question could even arise).
Early release should have means of guaranteeing more compassionate disposition with low depravity of a crime relative to a crime of high depravity.
In "Young Goodman Brown," the evil in the forest is the hidden depravity of a whole community, not just a smelly, cackling vaudevillian.
A hymn to the depravity of Edinburgh that balances the noble pursuance of art.
At that time, the Administration claimed that Graner was the mastermind of the abuse represented in the photographs, and that they showed nothing more than the depravity of a group of rogue soldiers who had fallen under his sway.
This is, after all, the woman who opted for a voluntary sterilisation at 22 because "the world has enough babies" and who has stipulated in her will that her feet be turned into umbrella stands "as a reminder of the depravity of killing innocent animals".
The moral depravity of a society devoted to the acquisition of property and its conspicuous display rather than to the pursuit of reason and the protection of natural rights found the means of its reproduction in the family, she contended.
If Mr. Vincent Price were to be costarred with Miss Bette Davis in a story by Mr. Edgar Allan Poe directed by Mr. Roger Corman, it could not fully express the pent-up violence and depravity of a single day in the life of the average family.
What's missing here is an indelible and defining local depravity, of the sort that a veteran South Florida journalist would have on file.
Nightcrawler has done well, with four nominations, including of course an acting nod for Jake Gyllenhaal (although Riz Ahmed is entitled to feel disappointed that he did not get a best supporting actor nomination) and it is an excellent film with a very contemporary feel, although based on a traditional Hollywood theme: the depravity of television and particularly television news.
