CORRUPTNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corruptness mean? 

• CORRUPTNESS (noun)
  The noun CORRUPTNESS has 2 senses:

1. the state of being corrupt

2. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

  Familiarity information: CORRUPTNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORRUPTNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being corrupt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("corruptness" is a kind of...):

dishonor; dishonour (a state of shame or disgrace)

Derivation:

corrupt (lacking in integrity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

corruption; corruptness

Hypernyms ("corruptness" is a kind of...):

dishonesty (the quality of being dishonest)

Attribute:

corrupt (lacking in integrity)

incorrupt (free of corruption or immorality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corruptness"):

infection (moral corruption or contamination)

venality (prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward)

jobbery (corruptness among public officials)

Antonym:

incorruptness (characterized by integrity or probity)

Derivation:

corrupt (not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive)