patholopolis
/ˌpaθəˈlɒpəlɪs/rare
noun
A diseased or morally degenerate city.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Patrick Geddes (1854–1932), social evolutionist and city planner. From patholo- + -polis, after megalopolis, metropolis, parasitopolis.
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