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Definitions: DEPRAVATION |
DEPRAVATIONNoun1. Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion. 2. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. 3. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting. 4. Detraction; depreciation. |
Date "DEPRAVATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references) |
Synonym: DEPRAVATIONSynonym: corruption. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deterioration | Degeneracy, degeneration, degenerateness; degradation; depravation, depravement; devolution; depravity; demoralization, retrogression; masochism. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: DEPRAVATION |
| English words defined with "DEPRAVATION": Embasement. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "DEPRAVATION" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Swedish (depravation, depravity). |
| "DEPRAVATION" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DEPRAVATION" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sleep depravation | 36 |
depravation | 5 |
depravation sensory | 4 |
depravation sensory tank | 3 |
depravation sleep symptom | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DEPRAVATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | bederf (bribe, corruption, damage, decay, go bad, injure, putrefy, rot, spoil, taint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dobësim (breakdown, debilitation, decline, decrepitude, dilution, ebb, emaciation, emasculation, enervation, exhaustion, failure, flagging, wane, weakening), prishje (abolition, annulment, blasting, breach, breaking, breakup, chasm, collapse, corruption, damage, debasement, decay, decomposition, defacement, defeat, defilement, depravity, deterioration, discord, dissolution, failure, obliteration, quarrel, rancidity, rancidness, rot, split up, spoilage, stymie, taint, vitiation, warp, wrecking), korruptim (corruption, subornation, venality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فساد (blight, corruption, decay, decomposition, degeneration, depravity, deterioration, disintegration, dry rot, immorality, invalidity, perversion, perversity, putrefaction, putridity, rot, rottenness), إفساد (circumvention, deterioration, disfiguration, infection, mutilation, perversion, vitiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | упадък (decadence, decadency, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, descent, labefaction, regress, regression, retrogression), разврат (debaucheries, debauchery, filth, filthiness, fornication, immorality, laxity, lechery, profligacy, riot), разваляне (contamination, deformation, mutilation, undoing, vitiation), влошаване (aggravation, decay, decline, deterioration, exasperation, reversal, vitiation), покваряване (infection, subversion, vitiation), извратеност (depravity, perversion, warp of the mind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 邪恶 (Depravity, menacing, Wicked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | mravní zkaženost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | depravation, fordaerv. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | depravatio, psychisch bederf, bederf (corruption, decay, diseases(of wine), spoilage(of wine), taint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | malboniĝo (corruption, decay, taint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dépravation (depravity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verworfenheit (abjectness, crookedness, depravity, turpitude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διαφθορά (corruption, coruptness, depravity, turpitude, venality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megromlás (deterioration, impairment, mouldering), megrontás (corruption, impairment, seduction, vitiation), lezüllesztés, lezüllés (depravity), lealjasodás (corruption), lealjasítás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kehinaan (abjection), kebusukan (badness, decay, decomposition, putridness, rot, rottenness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | depravazione (depravity, vitiation, wickedness), corruzione (bribery, corruption, deterioration, graft, sleaziness, subornation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epravationday depravação (abuse, depravity, perversion, turpitude, vice). (various references) depravare (corruption, debauchery, degradation, depravity, taint). (various references) развращение (poisoning). (various references) deprivacija, lišenje. (various references) putrefacción (corruption, decay, putrefaction, putrescence, rot, rottenness, taint), deterioración (corruption, decay, deterioration, taint). (various references) depravation (depravity), sedefördärv (corruption, depravity). (various references) günahkârlık (depravity, guilt, guiltiness, sinfulness, wickedness), ahlaksızlık (corruption, debauch, debauchery, depravity, dissoluteness, immorality, indecency, moral turpitude, rascality, turpitude, uncleanliness, vice, viciousness, wantonness). (various references) спотворення (contortion, defacement, deformation, disfiguration, disfigurement), розбещення (defilement, pollution, vitiation), псування (blasting, corruption, defacement, deterioration, spoilage, spoliation, vitiation, waste), погіршання. (various references) sự l m truỵ lạc, sự l m suy đ"i, sự l m sa đoạ (pollution), sự l m hư hỏng (taint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DEPRAVATION": depravations. (additional references) | |
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"DEPRAVATION" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: depradation, depraivation, deprelation, deprevation, deprivatiomn, depruvation, deravation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DEPRAVATION" (pronounced de'pruvā"shun) |
| 10 | d e' p r u v ā" sh u n | deprivation. |
| 7 | -r u v ā" sh u n | aggravation, derivation. |
| 6 | -u v ā" sh u n | activation, elevation, excavation, innovation, motivation, renovation. |
| 5 | -v ā" sh u n | conservation, cultivation, inactivation, observation, ovation, preservation, privation, reservation, salvation, starvation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depreciation, depredation, deregulation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, pressurization, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-i-n-o-p-r-t-v" | |
-2 letters: davenport, predation, provident. | |
-3 letters: adaption, adaptive, adoptive, aeration, antidora, antipode, antirape, arointed, atropine, deviator, dipteran, dipteron, donative, ordinate, overpaid, paranoid, pronated, rationed, tapadero, variated. | |
-4 letters: adapter, adaptor, adopter, airdate, aneroid, antired, aproned, apteria, araneid, atropin, aviated, aviator, avodire, avoider, depaint, detrain, deviant, diatron, diopter, dioptre, diptera, invader, naevoid, notepad, operand, operant, opiated, ovarian. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-i-n-o-p-r-t-v" | |
+1 letter: depravations. | |
+3 letters: predevaluation. | |
+4 letters: predevaluations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 50 52 41 56 41 54 49 4F 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .--. .-. .- ...- .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 01010000 01010010 01000001 01010110 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E P R A V A T I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 0050 0052 0041 0056 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3839505235563554434948 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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