social disease
Example Sentences
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Until recently, it was considered a social disease and was illegal except in limited circumstances.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
William Osler, often described as the father of modern medicine, put it like this: “Tuberculosis is a social disease with a medical aspect.”
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025
Antisemitism, like Anti-Arabism and racism, is a social disease that can be confronted only by us standing together, Syrian- and Israeli-sympathizing Americans alike.
From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022
"A kid is not going to get head lice unless he or she has friends. This is a social disease."
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2015
As it is our purpose to deal with the pressure of poverty as a painful social disease, it is evident that the latter meaning is unduly wide.
From Problems of Poverty by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
