Sodom
Americannoun
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an ancient city destroyed, with Gomorrah, because of its wickedness. Genesis 18–19.
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any very sinful, corrupt, vice-ridden place.
noun
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Old Testament a city destroyed by God for its wickedness that, with Gomorrah, traditionally typifies depravity (Genesis 19:24)
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this city as representing homosexuality
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any place notorious for depravity
Etymology
Origin of Sodom
From Late Latin Sodoma (neuter plural noun), from Greek Sódoma (neuter plural noun), from Hebrew Sĕdōm, of uncertain origin and meaning
Example Sentences
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They released one more album, 1984's This Last Night In Sodom, before dissolving the band to concentrate on other projects.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
In the 1970s, San Francisco became a welcoming home for tens of thousands of new gay residents—and a modern-day Sodom for the American right.
From Slate • May 22, 2024
The trip serves as a useful decompression chamber between Sodom and Gomorrah and Eden — an overture to “City,” through an increasingly barren, eye-popping landscape.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2022
But Spitzer’s weak-salsa hashtag, I continued, was the latest entry in a decades-long obsession by Orange County residents to slam L.A. as Sodom while holding up O.C. as a perpetual Eden.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2022
And what do they mean by Sodom and Gomorrah?
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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