social disease
Example Sentences
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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
PC, though, is just the symptom of a more virulent social disease.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2016
"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
Criticism is the knife that cuts to the roots of social disease, and through the infliction of temporary pain effects a cure.
From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch
