venality
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of venality
From the Late Latin word vēnālitas, dating back to 1605–15. See venal, -ity
Example Sentences
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Putin biographer Masha Gessen called Putin “the man without a face,” alluding not only to his resolutely nondescript quality, but his canniness in using it to conceal sharp-edged ambition and deep-seated venality.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023
There are times when I complete a cartoon and feel as if I did not quite capture the full venality of my target.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022
Taub and Sultan still make us care about Faraz and Tamar, however, and the show’s evocations of Iranian venality and nepotism and brutal Israeli realpolitik are more pointed than ever.
From New York Times • May 10, 2022
"In my view, it sort of underscored his evilness, his venality, that he basically showed no remorse," Fox Business correspondent Charlie Gasparino says in the film.
From Salon • May 30, 2020
The system was, indeed, notoriously faulty, and did much to encourage that venality in the clerical courts which moved Chaucer’s laughter and the indignation of his contemporaries.
From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.
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