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- [kuh-ruhpt]
- /kəˈrʌpt/
- /kə.ˈrəp.tɪv/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kuh-ruhpt]
- /kəˈrʌpt/
Definitions of corruptive word
- adjective corruptive tending to corrupt or produce corruption 3
- adjective corruptive guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge. 1
- adjective corruptive debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil: a corrupt society. 1
- adjective corruptive made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text. 1
- adjective corruptive infected; tainted. 1
- adjective corruptive decayed; putrid. 1
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Origin of corruptive
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin corruptus broken in pieces, corrupted (past participle of corrumpere), equivalent to cor- cor- + rup- (variant stem of rumpere to break) + -tus past participle suffix
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Parts of speech for Corruptive
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
corruptive popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
corruptive usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for corruptive
adj corruptive
- corrupted — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corrupting — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- demoralizing — If something is demoralizing, it makes you lose so much confidence in what you are doing that you want to give up.
- contaminable — to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.: to contaminate a lake with sewage.
- perversive — tending to pervert.
adjective corruptive
- unwholesome — not wholesome; unhealthful; deleterious to health or physical or moral well-being: unwholesome food; unwholesome activities.
- contaminating — Present participle of contaminate.
- contaminative — That contaminates.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
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