The phrase
"corrosive influence" refers to something or someone that has a negative and destructive impact on others or a situation. It suggests the idea of gradually eroding or damaging things it comes into contact with, much like how a corrosive substance eats away at a material over time.
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Miner also told the committee the state's decisions directly impact the city of Syracuse and corruption has a «
corrosive influence on our democracy.»
Patrick Nelson, a Stillwater - based activist, has made removing
the corrosive influence of money in politics a central campaign theme, and has vowed not to accept funds from corporate PACs.
More specifically he is vowing to shake up the Legislature and end
the corrosive influence of special - interest groups inside the statehouse.
Common Cause / NY is committed to working with the Governor and legislative leaders to stem the tide of corruption, and reduce
the corrosive influence of money in politics.»
The seven - minute clip sees the candidate discussing historic figures like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and John Brown, and cycling through his campaign platforms, including single - payer health care, a living wage and removing
the corrosive influence of money in politics.
Kirk wonders whether a concentration of former inmates can have
a corrosive influence on a community's respect for the legal system, setting the stage for more crime.
These corrosive influences result in progressive, subtle divergence of the DNA sequence in each cell from that originally constituted in the fertilised egg.
The corrosive influence that parents have on their children, and the discord it breeds between siblings, is at the heart of Baumbach's film, which would resound as a tragedy if not for the consistent humor derived from the Meyerowitzs» distinctly NYC - Jewish brand of fuming, fussing and bickering.
In order to counteract
the corrosive influences of turbulent neighborhoods, shoddy health care, and undereducated parents, Head Start would attempt to prepare children to flourish in school.
For example, in June, the National Education Association — alluding to the aforementioned corporate titans — lectured us about the «
corrosive influence» of Super PACs.
Thanks in part to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, her home state of Michigan leads the nation in for - profit charter schools and provides many examples of
the corrosive influence of the profit motive in managing public schools.
With
its corrosive influence, the cartel continues to plague the citizens of Bolivia.
But I have great respect for
the corrosive influence of bias, systematic distortions of thought, the power of rationalization, the guises of self - interest, and the inevitability of unintended consequences.
I've written before about how the IPCC is underselling its message, but Cook ties that phenomenon back to
the corrosive influence of climate deniers: «Predictions of alarming climate impacts are vigorously pounced upon by critics,» he argues, «whereas harmless predictions are met without hostility.
Tamar Lawrence - Samuel, Corporate Accountability International, said: «If this round of negotiations has proved one thing, it's that governments and civil society organizations are determined to create policy to address
the corrosive influence of Big Polluters.
The primary obstacle to these and other policy imperatives is to insulate the policymaking process from
the corrosive influence of big polluters, both here at the UNFCCC and at home in national governments.