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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

depravazione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: depravatsjone

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Depravity/dɪˈpræv.ə.ti/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La società condanna ogni forma di depravazione morale."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Moral corruption; wickedness or a state of being morally bad.

    "The novel explores the depths of human depravity during times of war."
  2. 2

    A wicked or morally corrupt act.

    "The crimes committed by the syndicate were acts of unspeakable depravity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'depravatus', past participle of 'depravare' meaning 'to pervert or distort', formed from 'de-' (down, thoroughly) and 'pravus' (crooked, perverse, depraved). It entered the English language in the late 15th century, shifting in meaning from physical crookedness to moral corruption and wickedness.

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