degenerazione dei costumi
English translation: the decline of morals
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the degeneration of morals Explanation: degenerazióne nf 1.1 degeneracy, degeneration • degenerazione morale moral degeneration 1.2 (= perversione) perversion, perverseness, perversity • degenerazione del gusto perversion of taste 2 (= peggioramento) decay, worsening, deterioration, degeneration • **la degenerazione dei costumi the degeneration of morals*** 3 (med, biol) degeneration • degenerazione grassa fatty degeneration 4 (mat, fis) degeneracy. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2008-05-12 18:12:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- the moral degeneration, too. Reference: http://www.hoepli.it/dizionari.asp |
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the decline in the rules of conduct Explanation: another suggestion |
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peer agreement (net): +1the decline of morals Explanation: Dai link che ti ho fornito sembra che questa sia l'esatta traduzione. Molte le occorrenze sul web. Reference: http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_inglese/Italiano/D/d... Reference: http://turismonapoli.blogspot.com/2007/10/un-po-di-storia.ht... |
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the degeneration of usages Explanation: Another Option. |
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Ethical deterioration Explanation: plenty of google examples. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://listserv.kent.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9802c&L=addict... Reference: http://vlib.unitarklj1.edu.my/staff-publications/datuk/Nst10... |
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Breakdown/Disintegration in/of the moral fabric of society Explanation: Moral fabric expresses the concept better than just morals, imho. Longer but probably explains this better. You can apply this also to the term family and not apply a separate adjective to avoid making the sentence too long http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=Disintegration of the mo... http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=Breakdown in the moral f... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2008-05-12 19:59:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- of course, you can leave out "society" http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=Breakdown moral fabric&b... http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=Disintegration moral fab... |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2moral decay/decline/degeneration/wreckage Explanation: More options. HTH -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2008-05-12 22:06:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I forgot "moral corruption". |
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