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moral decay

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meanings of moraland decay


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moral
adjective
uk /ˈmɒr.əl/ us /ˈmɔːr.əl/
relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than ...
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decay
noun[U]
uk /dɪˈkeɪ/ us /dɪˈkeɪ/
the process ...
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Examples of moral decay


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Gikuyu posterity was endangered by the moraldecay of the time.
On the one hand, some argue that changes in women's roles have resulted in the "breakdown of the family," and have caused "moraldecay" in our society.
A major part of the case against enclosure rested on the claim that the destruction of the yeoman would lead to wider political and moraldecay in the commonwealth.
It stimulates egocentricity, social exclusion, a blurring of moral standards and moraldecay.
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It will be pulled down by the dead weight of economic and moraldecay.
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In many ways we have lowered our natural defences against moraldecay.
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Surely, are those not clear signs of national moraldecay?
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Without shame, moraldecay passes unnoticed and becomes accepted.
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They worked hard and accumulated wealth, and because we were a creditor nation we could keep 2,000,000 or 3,000,000 people on the dole in moraldecay.
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There are now clear signs of national moraldecay reflected in the way people treat each other and in the fragile and insecure nature of their promises to each other.
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It is economic and moraldecay.
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Society's moraldecay and the increase in the number of divorces, in the number of single-parent families and so on, are beginning to break down the family unit.
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College authorities denounced it as a sign of moraldecay.
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It is an expression of moraldecay, of social disorder.
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Remedies came in the form of traditional solutions that sought to reform moraldecay rather than address institutional problems.
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The moraldecay needed to survive in the camp.
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Breaking the law, leads to a form of moraldecay when eventually offenders no longer can distinguish right from wrong, thus repeat offending is a common occurrence.
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Rocky's lyrics deal with themes about moraldecay, including promiscuity and drug use, expressed through his boastful, tempered flow.
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In addition, the preservative quality of salt is in view here to show how the disciples were called to preserve the society and the world around them from moraldecay.
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