corrupting
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- adjective
- /kəˈrʌptɪŋ/
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corruptor
- And that's why UK Mishima says it's corrupting, it corrupts us.
- corrupting effect
So let's talk about power and the corrupting effects of power.
- So let's talk about power and the corrupting effects of power.
- And it has an inherently corrupting effect upon us.
- But he says that institutions are also often corrupting.
- I mean, our crime families are, you know, a good example of this corrupting force of friendship.
- So I, I, you know, but I, but I do think that money can be a corrupting, A corrupting force.
- I'm somebody who doesn't like there are corrupting effects of greed, but it is also human nature.
- He actually wrote a warned of the unchecked power of the corporation's corrupting government.
Examples
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And it has an inherently corrupting effect upon us.
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So let's talk about power and the corrupting effects of power.
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I mean, our crime families are, you know, a good example of this corrupting force of friendship.
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The Director thought it would be too corrupting.
Fiction book (1997) -
That's what makes it so corrupting.
Blog text (10) -
So now no state consumer protections against AI stealing our jobs or corrupting our kids.
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He reacts to corrupting forces by reducing his own internal division.
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He's accused, mind you, of exploiting tragedies, hate crimes, and corrupting the youth.
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Imagining a connection of nationality with a star from a distance thus contrasted sharply with the actual proximity to Hollywood, constituting a dangerous, corrupting, and Americanizing prospect for certain Mexicans.
Academic text (2017) -
The corrupting influence of unchecked power can lead to unethical behavior in leaders.
Synonyms
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5.5
Causing someone to feel ashamed and less respected
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7.9
Causing people to become dishonest or act immorally
Causing something to become dirty or harmful by adding unwanted materials
How Corrupting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Corrupting comes from an old Latin idea built on the root rupt meaning 'break', as in rupture or interrupt. So a corrupting influence is something that 'breaks' or 'spoils' a person's morals or character.