socially destructive

Frequency: 6.56.4 per million words

Causing damage to the structure or well-being of society.

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  • Gossip can be a socially destructive force within a small community.
  • The new economic policy was criticized for being socially destructive to the lower classes.
  • The spread of misinformation online is becoming an increasingly socially destructive phenomenon.
  • Some argue that extreme individualism can become socially destructive if not balanced with communal responsibility.
  • Rampant corruption is a socially destructive cancer that erodes public trust.
  • The opioid crisis has had a socially destructive impact on countless families and towns.
  • Critics claim that reality TV often promotes socially destructive values like materialism and conflict.
  • To what extent can an ideology be considered socially destructive?
  • Historians have documented how certain political movements proved to be socially destructive in the long run.
  • We must avoid implementing policies that are potentially socially destructive.