All 5 Uses
depravity
in
The Brothers Karamazov
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- In a man so depraved this might, of course, mean no more than sensual attraction.†
Chpt 1depraved = completely immoral or evil; or made immoral or evil
- There is no moral depravity, no real corrupt inner cynicism in it, but there is the appearance of it, and it is often looked upon among them as something refined, subtle, daring, and worthy of imitation.†
Chpt 1
- His depravity with women was not simply what it used to be, but even more revolting.
Chpt 1 *depravity = immorality or evilness
- "I thought ...I thought," he said, in a soft and, as it were, controlled voice, "that I was coming to my native place with the angel of my heart, my betrothed, to cherish his old age, and I find nothing but a depraved profligate, a despicable clown!"†
Chpt 2depraved = completely immoral or evil; or made immoral or evil
- I've seen in the factories children of nine years old, frail, rickety, bent and already depraved.†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(depravity) complete immorality or evilness
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)