corruptibility

American  

[kuh-ruhpt-uh-bil-uh-tee] / kəˌrʌpt əˈbɪl ə ti /

noun

1. the state or quality of being corruptible; an inclination toward corruption.

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Other Word Forms

• incorruptibility noun
• noncorruptibility noun

Example Sentences

You perceive Hale’s true colors immediately through those associations, just as you can see Ernest’s venality through DiCaprio’s immediately recognizable brand of boyish corruptibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

In a statement on Friday officials said the pair "are accused of giving false testimony before the so-called Ibiza committee of inquiry in the Austrian parliament... regarding the alleged corruptibility of his government".

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2023

The awareness of human corruptibility and human limitations, as understood by Augustine, Kant, Sigmund Freud and Primo Levi, has been humankind's most potent check on evil.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2021

“Manhattan” signified a turning point in Mr. Allen’s career; understood as a valorization of innocence, a stance against emotional and intellectual corruptibility, the movie gave him a moral stature he hadn’t had.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2021

It struck me like a great heresy against truth and purity; it seemed to lay bare before me the corruptibility and feebleness of poor human nature.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various