Pervasive
Spreading widely throughout an area or group of people.
Aberration
A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically unwelcome.
Insidious
Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.
Onerous
Involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.
Pretense
An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true.
Unassailable
Unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated.
Expiation
The act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing.
Ambivalence
The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
