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social evil in American Englishnoun1. anything detrimental to a society or its citizens, as alcoholism, organized crime, etc Examples of 'social evil' in a sentencesocial evil The researchers found that the 'dominant opinion' was that religion was a 'social evil'.And this damaging behaviour results from the social evil of excessive individualism.Now it just reminds us of another social evil we'd rather not think about.This is a social evil that leads to misery, anxiety and relationship breakdown.There was, for example, widespread acceptance that inflation was major economic and social evil.How grim that we thought gangs were the great social evil when the reality may be far worse.Professionals, chasing multiple targets to reduce this or that social evil, unwittingly reinforce the dysfunction of the child's life. |
social evil in American English