Meaning & use
corruptibility
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Meaning
noununcountableformal
The quality of being easily persuaded to act dishonestly, especially through bribery or improper influence.
Grammar: Uncountable: you talk about the corruptibility of someone or something, not 'a corruptibility'.
Patterns
- the corruptibility of someone
- corruptibility of officials
The report highlighted the corruptibility of local officials who accepted bribes.
His corruptibility made him an easy target for those seeking favors.
The study examined the corruptibility of different government departments.
Common combinations
- corruptibility of officials
- The corruptibility of officials undermines public trust.
- moral corruptibility
- The novel explores the moral corruptibility of power.
- human corruptibility
- The experiment tested human corruptibility under pressure.
Synonyms and how they differ
- venality
- Venality is a formal word for the quality of being open to bribery, especially in public office; corruptibility is broader and can apply to anyone.
- bribability
- Bribability focuses specifically on being able to be bribed, while corruptibility can include other forms of dishonest influence.
Opposites
Word family
- corrupt adjective
- Willing to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
- corrupt verb
- To make someone dishonest or to change something from its original state.
- corruption noun
- Dishonest behavior by those in power, typically involving bribery.
- corruptly adverb
- In a dishonest or corrupt manner.
Commonly confused: corruptibility or corruption?
corruptibility vs corruption
Corruption is the actual dishonest act or state, while corruptibility is only the tendency or potential to be corrupted.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'corruptibility' correctly?
Choose one answer.
In sentence 1, 'corruptibility' refers to the official's tendency to be corrupted, which is the correct use. In sentence 0, evidence cannot be corruptible in this sense; in sentence 2, a system is corrupt, not corruptible; in sentence 3, a plan cannot be corruptible.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “corruptibility”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.