What is another word for social evil?

Pronunciation: [sˈə͡ʊʃə͡l ˈiːvə͡l] (IPA)

The term "social evil" refers to a range of harmful issues and practices that affect society as a whole. There are many synonyms used to describe these types of problems, including "public menace," "menace to society," "social problem," "social harm," "social issue," "social crisis," and "social affliction." These terms are often used to describe issues such as poverty, discrimination, inequality, crime, pollution, drug abuse, child abuse, and violence. While the specific problems may vary, the common thread among all of these synonyms is the recognition that these issues create significant harm to individuals and communities, and require concerted efforts to address and overcome.

What are the hypernyms for Social evil?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Social evil

  • I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong.
    Alfred Russel Wallace
  • It is a consolation to remember that corruption pushed beyond a certain point provides its own remedy, and that this sort of thing cannot indefinitely continue; but it is less consoling to remember another truth, to wit, that the correction of political and social evil may come in the form of irremediable catastrophe, and that the innocent, who are the greater number, would then suffer most. It is still less consoling to remember the universal human experience that when evil is redressed by the only partly conscious force of reaction, it is not succeeded by a corresponding good, but by some other new and unexpected evil.
    Hilaire Belloc
  • One social evil for which the New Testament is clearly in part responsible is anti-Semitism.
    Steve Allen
  • The neat division between roles and real selves reduces society to a masquerade party. Yet not even plastic surgery can heal the psychic disfigurements. The social evil reaches into the living fibers; people not only assume roles, they are roles.
    Russell Jacoby

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