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corruption
Overview of noun corruption
The noun corruption has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) corruptness, corruption -- (lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain)
2. putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption -- (in a state of progressive putrefaction)
3. corruption -- (decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation))
4. corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction -- (moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction")
5. corruption, subversion -- (destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence")
6. corruption -- (inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun corruption
6 senses of corruption
Sense 1
corruptness, corruption
=> dishonesty
=> unrighteousness
=> immorality
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption
=> putrefaction, rot
=> decay
=> unsoundness
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
corruption
=> decay
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
=> immorality
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
corruption, subversion
=> degradation, debasement
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
corruption
=> inducement, inducing
=> causing, causation
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun corruption
1 of 6 senses of corruption
Sense 1
corruptness, corruption
=> infection
=> venality
=> jobbery
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun corruption
6 senses of corruption
Sense 1
corruptness, corruption
=> dishonesty
Sense 2
putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption
=> putrefaction, rot
Sense 3
corruption
=> decay
Sense 4
corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
=> immorality
Sense 5
corruption, subversion
=> degradation, debasement
Sense 6
corruption
=> inducement, inducing
Antonyms of noun corruption
Member Holonyms of noun corruption
Substance Holonyms of noun corruption
Part Holonyms of noun corruption
Member Meronyms of noun corruption
Substance Meronyms of noun corruption
Part Meronyms of noun corruption
Meronyms of noun corruption
Holonyms of noun corruption
Attributes of noun corruption
1 of 6 senses of corruption
Sense 1
corruptness, corruption
=> corrupt (vs. incorrupt)
=> incorrupt (vs. corrupt)
Derived Forms of noun corruption
1 of 6 senses of corruption
Sense 5
corruption, subversion
RELATED TO>(verb) corrupt#1
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
Domain of noun corruption
Domain Terms of noun corruption
Familiarity of noun corruption
corruption used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun corruption
6 senses of corruption
Sense 1
corruptness, corruption
> dishonesty
=> corruptness, corruption
=> unscrupulousness
=> deceptiveness, obliquity
=> fraudulence, deceit
=> crookedness, deviousness
=> rascality, shiftiness, slipperiness, trickiness
=> thievishness, larcenous
=> untruthfulness
=> disingenuousness
Sense 2
putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption
> putrefaction, rot
=> putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption
Sense 3
corruption
> decay
=> cavity, caries, dental caries, tooth decay
=> corruption
=> decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction
=> dilapidation, ruin
=> spoilage, spoiling
Sense 4
corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
> immorality
=> unrighteousness
=> corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
=> corruptibility
=> licentiousness, wantonness
=> anomie, anomy
=> wrongness
=> evil, evilness
Sense 5
corruption, subversion
> degradation, debasement
=> dehumanization, dehumanisation
=> brutalization, brutalisation, animalization, animalisation
=> barbarization, barbarisation
=> bastardization, bastardisation
=> corruption, subversion
=> demoralization, demoralisation
=> stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening
=> popularization, popularisation, vulgarization, vulgarisation
=> profanation
=> humiliation, abasement
=> vulgarization, vulgarisation
Sense 6
corruption
> inducement, inducing
=> corruption
Meronyms of noun corruption
6 senses of corruption
Holonyms of noun corruption
Grep of noun corruption
corruption
incorruption
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