moral decay

collocation in English

meaningsofmoralanddecay

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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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(Definition ofmoralanddecayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Gikuyu posterity was endangered by themoraldecayof the time.
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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.
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A major part of the case against enclosure rested on the claim that the destruction of the yeoman would lead to wider political andmoraldecayin the commonwealth.
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It stimulates egocentricity, social exclusion, a blurring of moral standards andmoraldecay.
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It will be pulled down by the dead weight of economic andmoraldecay.
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In many ways we have lowered our natural defences againstmoraldecay.
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Surely, are those not clear signs of nationalmoraldecay?
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Without shame,moraldecaypasses 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 inmoraldecay.
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There are now clear signs of nationalmoraldecayreflected 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 andmoraldecay.
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Society'smoraldecayand 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 ofmoraldecay.
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It is an expression ofmoraldecay, of social disorder.
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Remedies came in the form of traditional solutions that sought to reformmoraldecayrather than address institutional problems.
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Themoraldecayneeded to survive in the camp.
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Breaking the law, leads to a form ofmoraldecaywhen 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 aboutmoraldecay, 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 frommoraldecay.
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