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Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.
Edmond de Goncourt

Meaning of "debauchery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEBAUCHERY

debauchery  [dɪˈbɔːtʃərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEBAUCHERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Debauchery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEBAUCHERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

debauchery

Corruption

In philosophical, theological, or moral discussions, corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government, or 'political', corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain. The word corrupt when used as an adjective literally means "utterly broken". The word was first used by Aristotle and later by Cicero who added the terms bribe and abandonment of good habits. Morris, a professor of politics, corruption is the illegitimate use of public power to benefit a private interest. Economist I. Senior defines corruption as an action to secretly provide a good or a service to a third party so that he or she can influence certain actions which benefit the corrupt, a third party, or both in which the corrupt agent has authority.

Definition of debauchery in the English dictionary

The definition of debauchery in the dictionary is reckless drinking, promiscuity, and self-indulgence.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEBAUCHERY


archery
ˈɑːtʃərɪ
bewitchery
bɪˈwɪtʃərɪ
bitchery
ˈbɪtʃərɪ
bleachery
ˈbliːtʃərɪ
branchery
ˈbræntʃərɪ
butchery
ˈbʊtʃərɪ
century
ˈsɛntʃərɪ
cutcherry
ˈkʌtʃərɪ
cutchery
ˈkʌtʃərɪ
hatchery
ˈhætʃərɪ
lechery
ˈlɛtʃərɪ
patchery
ˈpætʃərɪ
perchery
ˈpɜːtʃərɪ
petchary
ˈpɛtʃərɪ
pituri
ˈpɪtʃərɪ
rancherie
ˈrɑːntʃərɪ
stitchery
ˈstɪtʃərɪ
supercherie
suːˈpɜːtʃərɪ
treachery
ˈtrɛtʃərɪ
witchery
ˈwɪtʃərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEBAUCHERY

debaser
debasingly
debatable
debatably
debate
debateable
debateful
debatement
debater
debating
debating chamber
debating society
debatingly
debauch
debauched
debauchedly
debauchedness
debauchee
debaucher
debauchment

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEBAUCHERY

ashery
coshery
crossbow archery
fashery
feathery
fishery
haberdashery
heathery
hery
lathery
leathery
noshery
ochery
periphery
pothery
slithery
smithery
tushery
washery
wordsmithery

Synonyms and antonyms of debauchery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEBAUCHERY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «debauchery» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of debauchery

Translation of «debauchery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEBAUCHERY

Find out the translation of debauchery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of debauchery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «debauchery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

放荡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

libertinaje
570 millions of speakers

English

debauchery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऐयाशी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفجور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разврат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deboche
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লাম্পট্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

débauche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kebencian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ausschweifung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

放蕩
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

방탕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngapusi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phóng đảng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீயொழுக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनैतिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sefahat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dissolutezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozpusta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розпуста
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezmăț
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακολασίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

losbandigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utsvävningar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utskeielser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of debauchery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEBAUCHERY»

The term «debauchery» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.933 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEBAUCHERY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about debauchery

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QUOTES WITH «DEBAUCHERY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word debauchery.
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Edmond de Goncourt
Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEBAUCHERY»

Discover the use of debauchery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to debauchery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason
A social history of the gin epidemic in eighteenth-century London offers a colorful account of the English Parliament's failed thirty-year battle against gin and the social, political, cultural, and economic impact of the gin epidemic.
Jessica Warner, 2003
2
Belligerence and Debauchery: The Tucker Max Stories
This volume contains 47 stories from the author's famous (and infamous) Web site, including two, never-before-published short stories.
Tucker Max, 2003
3
The Farce of Sodom Or the Quintessence of Debauchery
His works remaon popular today due to their raunchiness and pornographic language. This is a publication of his play The Farce of Sodom or The Quintessence of Debauchery, which is one of the most well known of his works.
John Wilmot, The 2nd Earl of Rochester, 2007
4
The Dedalus Book of Roman Decadence: Emperors of Debauchery
This volume collects the poetry and prose that served as the model and inspiration for so much of fin-de-siecle English and French writing, providing a vivid picture of sexual excess and debauchery in a cruel and violent society which has ...
Geoffrey Farrington, 1994
5
George and Maggie and the Red Light Saloon: Depravation, ...
This is the true story of George and Maggie Wood, a young couple who in 1880, in a fledgling cowtown that sprang up from the dust of the old Chisholm Trail, built the "largest dance house in Kansas." [read that -- cat house.] In a ...
Rod Cook, 2003
6
The Time of My Life: Writers on the Heartbreak, Hormones, ...
Rob Spillman has collected the prom memories of Cintra Wilson, Walter Kirn, Steve Almond, Samantha Dunn, Susie Bright, Mike Albo, and many others, capturing the magic, the misery, and the atrocious attire in a hilarious look at the ...
Rob Spillman, 2008
7
The Punk Rock Las Vegas Survival Guide: Beer, Bowling and ...
Hollywood's been pumping out movies about bachelor parties and reunions where the main character ties-one-on in an epic night of debauchery. The star always seems to return home completely unscathed, but don't be lulled into a false ...
Bob Oedy, 2014
8
London: Crime, Death & Debauchery
London: Crime, Death & Debauchery is an alternative history of the darker side of Britain?s capital city.
Neil R. Storey, 2007
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Camillo. A novel. Calculated chiefly to expose vice and ...
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R. H. A. B. T. C. D., 1745
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Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason : Consisting ...
Describes the social aspects of the "gin craze" in eighteenth-century London, including class divisions, effect on women, elite response, economic impact, and the religious and social conflict behind the laws.
Jessica Warner, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEBAUCHERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term debauchery is used in the context of the following news items.
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Comic Box: 'Starve' is based on a horrifying version of a TV cooking …
All of these things are revealed within the first issue of "Starve" but first we start out in a world of debauchery and hedonism as we are ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
2
… And Now Kourtney Kardashian's A Gone Girl!
He then flew straight to St. Tropez for a bender of debauchery. “This is the final betrayal,” a family insider confided. “When she saw these photos ... «The National Enquirer, Jul 15»
3
115 years of marijuana coverage
Echoing films such as “Reefer Madness,” marijuana was often portrayed as a gateway drug to narcotics, debauchery and a life of crime. In 1953 ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
4
For Those Who Rocked: AC/DC Live At Wembley
... the dancefloors of mixed clubs such as Twilo or revelling in the after-hours debauchery of Robots on Avenue B. I'm relying on friends from the ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»
5
Does Wall Street tattletale GSElevator's memoir live up to the hype?
... of evens out in the long-run.” — Bloomberg. * “Straight to Hell: True Tales of Deviance, Debauchery, and Billion-Dollar Deals” is out July 14. «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
6
Watch The Music Video That Got An Egyptian Belly Dancer Sent To …
An Egyptian belly dancer named Reda el-Fouly was arrested earlier this year and charged with “inciting debauchery” — which is a thing in ... «UPROXX, Jul 15»
7
SSDD's Dionysian Precision
That tension between intentional, focused energy and discordant debauchery is what makes SSDD a captivating group both on record and in ... «Seattle Weekly, Jul 15»
8
All The Secret Chanel-Branded Moments During Today's Show
Inspired by black-tie casinos, and the high-class debauchery that happens within, the show was the purest metaphor for luxury: the wearing of ... «Refinery29, Jul 15»
9
Group Launches National Effort to Abolish Religious Freedom Laws …
across the globe as she has done. No, He returns to a world that has rejected Him, a world of depravity and debauchery, one of sexual anarchy, ... «Christian News Network, Jul 15»
10
5 Things We Learned About Adam Scott
The night ends up turning into a night of absolute debauchery, sex and self-discovery. The Overnight is as wild as any recent R-rated comedy (if ... «andPOP, Jul 15»

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