Plural of corruption
regular plural
The plural of corruption is corruptions.
Forms of corruption
| Singular | corruption /kəˈɹʌpʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | corruptions |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Corruptions in a sentence
- He's the master of adult corruptions—not all adult corruptions—but it's funny how Hitlerlike most people are.2011, Harold Brodkey, The Runaway Soul. From the entry Hitlerlike
- These “Jacobites,” as they were called, organized around a group of ordained Anglicans who had fallen out with the established church because of its corruptions.2022, Jerome McGann, Culture and Language at Crossed Purposes: The Unsettled Records of American Settlement, →ISBN, page 189. From the entry Jacobite
- Is it of the kind that is called forthleading,' that goes toward extinction)' enlightenment, disaccumulating,' is free from intoxicants . . . and corruptions?1960, Kathāvatthu. From the entry forthleading
- All these terms were probably corruptions of Ṣafī, the name of the founder of the Safavid Order, rather than of Ṣūfī, as the Safavid supporters called themselves.1980, Roger Savory, Iran under the Safavids, Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge University Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 259. From the entry sophie
- But H. errs, I believe: he should mean half-a-crown, for tusheroon and its C.20 variant tossaroon (2s. 6d.) are manifest corruptions of Lingua Franca MADZA CAROON.1961, Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. From the entry tosh
Meaning of corruption
- noun The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.
- noun The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
- noun The product of corruption; putrid matter.
Questions about the plural of corruption
- What is the plural of corruption?
- The plural of corruption is corruptions.
- Is corruption countable?
- Corruption is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: corruption (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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