degeneracy

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But his influence, historians say, was considerable — including among eugenicists in the early 20th century who sought to identify and eliminate strains of what they saw as degeneracy in populations.

From Salon

The repugnant pamphlets ranted about Jews’ “unspeakably bestial degeneracy,” about what would now be called “grooming” of Gentile girls, and that Jews “promoted a widespread contempt for the virtues of honor and honesty in business.”

From Los Angeles Times

The stories she’s heard — of cruelty and degeneracy, bravery and ingenuity — stagger the imagination.

From Los Angeles Times

His degeneracy is aspirational to these voters, who like to imagine that they, too, are along for the ride of floating above law and custom.

From Salon

Torba's a Vladimir Putin super fan, endorsing Russia's invasion of Ukraine for being "liberated and cleansed from the degeneracy of the secular western globalist empire."

From Salon