moral bankruptcy

collocation in English

meaningsofmoralandbankruptcy

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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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bankruptcy
noun
uk
/ˈbæŋ.krəpt.si/us
/ˈbæŋ.krəpt.si/
a situation in which a business or a person ...
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(Definition ofmoralandbankruptcyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Reductionism about personal identity, that is, would inevitably result inmoralbankruptcy.
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He might have said "moral neutrality" or "moralbankruptcy," but he explicitly locates the decadent's sin in his perfect aesthetic design of the crime.
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Otherwise, they will speed ahead towardsmoralbankruptcy, which we wish to avoid.
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The world is in far too advanced a state ofmoralbankruptcyfor those things to be of any great avail to-day.
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There is amoralbankruptcyto their arguments.
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It is impossible to ignore themoralbankruptcyof that system.
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Lyrically, their songs tended to be concerned with decadence and themoralbankruptcy.
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Miyamoto depicts amoralbankruptcywhich is the major theme of the novel and which is shown as the most tragic legacy of the war.
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The labor leaders saw failure to absorb immigrants as amoralbankruptcythat was much worse than financial bankruptcy.
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Display lights and taste and stunning effects illuminatemoralbankruptcy.
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