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Discover LudwigSentence The word 'depravation' is correct but not commonly used
It conveys a sense of extreme moral decay or corruption. It is typically used to describe a situation or environment in which morally wrong behavior is present. You could use it in a sentence such as: "The government's corruption and greed led to a state of depravation in the city."
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depravation
noun
Detraction; depreciation.
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From Kent to the north of Scotland, there are old mining communities living in depravation, at a huge social cost.
The socialist experiments of the 20th century were motivated by a genuine interest in improving life for the masses, but the results instead delivered untold suffering in terms of economic depravation and political tyranny.
Aware of the increasingly "romantic," unruly, informal seemingly methodless character of art, Diderot was concerned with its moral message (as his comments noting "the depravation of morals" in François Boucher's painting reveal).
It is a graphic reminder of our society's failure in its duty to break the inter-generational cycle of inadequacy, abuse and depravation which nurtured such children in the first place.
The team has almost no representation from Baluchistan, the southwestern province where feelings of alienation and depravation run high.
Millions in Pakistan faced the same challenges of corruption, impunity, poverty, depravation and exploitation that we face in India on a daily basis.
Mr. Kapur postulates that if India wants to overcome social, cultural and environmental depravation, it needs to search for a new identity.
"I don't want to shut down black artists, but how do we protect ourselves against depravation and misogyny?" Mr. Sharpton said.
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Ms. Abramovic, whose work often deals with bodily depravations, extremes and pain, is just as much a fan of the cheesy opening montage and the scripted patter as anybody else watching in their pajamas at home.
What was her name, where was she from, what humiliations and depravations did she suffer, had she been raped, did she witness loved ones being killed?
Getting into her stride, BB says schools are "dens of depravations filed with drug dealers, young terrorist clubs and condom users," while teachers "come to work unshaven, their hair a mess, their shirts dirty, wearing filthy jeans and muddy trainers".
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