陋ろう習しゅう

noun

bad habit; evil custom; harmful practice

Formal or literary term for a deeply rooted, undesirable custom or practice, often with moral overtones. Used in writing or formal speech to criticize social or institutional habits.

• その村むらでは、古ふるい陋ろう習しゅうがまだ残のこっている。

  In that village, old evil customs still remain.

• 政せい治じ家かは政せい治じの陋ろう習しゅうを一いっ掃そうすると約やく束そくした。

  The politician promised to sweep away the harmful practices of politics.