social disease

Example Sentences

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Until recently, it was considered a social disease and was illegal except in limited circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

William Osler, often described as the father of modern medicine, put it like this: “Tuberculosis is a social disease with a medical aspect.”

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025

Chess pieces just sort of materialize throughout the night; one couple plays chess, then another, then another, catching on like a dance craze or a social disease.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2023

Antisemitism, like Anti-Arabism and racism, is a social disease that can be confronted only by us standing together, Syrian- and Israeli-sympathizing Americans alike.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

We have set ourselves to combat the social disease not because vice is hateful but that in the future vice may become safe.

From Stand Up, Ye Dead by Maclean, Norman