depravation

C2+ Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment

US /ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən/ UK /ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Homophones

deprivation /ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən/

Meanings

1

noun
the act of making morally corrupt; moral degradation

The novel charts the slow depravation of its hero.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the act of making morally... corruption depravity degradation perversion debasementvitiation

Opposites

purification elevation virtue

Word family

Related forms deprave depraved depravity

Etymology

From Latin depravatio ('a distorting, corrupting'), from depravare ('to corrupt, pervert'), from de- (intensive) plus pravus ('crooked, wrong').

depravare Latin pravus Latin

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Topics

Ethics & Social Judgment Word Formation & Derivatives

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# depravation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. the act of making morally corrupt; moral degradation

## Examples
- The novel charts the slow depravation of its hero.

## Synonyms
- corruption
- depravity
- degradation
- perversion
- debasement
- vitiation

## Antonyms
- purification
- elevation
- virtue

## Related Forms
- deprave
- depraved
- depravity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: depravare
- Root: pravus

## Etymology
From Latin depravatio ('a distorting, corrupting'), from depravare ('to corrupt, pervert'), from de- (intensive) plus pravus ('crooked, wrong').

## AI Etymology
Depravation comes from Latin depravatio ('a distorting, corrupting'), from depravare ('to corrupt, pervert'), from de- (intensive) plus pravus ('crooked, wrong'). The historical trail runs through Latin depravare and Latin pravus. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means the act of making morally corrupt; moral degradation. Related forms include deprave, depraved, depravity.

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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