pravity
11 synonyms for pravity, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — (formal) Moral corruption or wickedness.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Taken from Middle French pravité and, further back, its source, Latin prāvitās (“crookedness; depravity”), from prāvus (“prave”).
Full origin of pravity →