malady
Americannoun
plural
maladies-
any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
- Synonyms:
- indisposition, ailment, complaint, affliction, sickness, illness
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any undesirable or disordered condition.
social maladies; a malady of the spirit.
noun
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any disease or illness
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any unhealthy, morbid, or desperate condition
a malady of the spirit
Etymology
Origin of malady
1200–50; Middle English maladie < Old French, equivalent to malade sick (< Late Latin male habitus literally, ill-conditioned; mal-, habit 1 ) + -ie -y 3
Example Sentences
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"They treat a whole host of maladies," said Thomas Patton, a professor at New York state's Union College who has studied Myanmar's mystics.
From Barron's
Maybe there is hope after all for the rising generation of boys and men if even a heterodox public intellectual like Scott Galloway is willing to offer such traditional medicine for our contemporary male maladies.
She also unfolds the poignant story of the families who grapple with the malady’s wrenching effects.
Research shows that such stress can cause an increase in physical, psychological and emotional illness, along with other maladies, up to and including death.
From Salon
Generally, it means excessive competition, but it has become a shorthand for a range of maladies, especially deflation and overcapacity.
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