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CORRUPTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
Synonyms:
corruption; corruptness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("corruptness" is a kind of...):
dishonesty (the quality of being dishonest)
Attribute:
corrupt (lacking in integrity)
incorrupt (free of corruption or immorality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corruptness"):
infection (moral corruption or contamination)
venality (prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward)
jobbery (corruptness among public officials)
Antonym:
incorruptness (characterized by integrity or probity)
Derivation:
corrupt (not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being corrupt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("corruptness" is a kind of...):
dishonor; dishonour (a state of shame or disgrace)
Derivation:
corrupt (lacking in integrity)
