Western influence, officially regarded as spiritual pollution, was proscribed.

But a campaign against "spiritual pollution" followed in 1983, and the party took another step backward in cultural policy during 1987.

His own clan is incapable of these tasks due to grief and spiritual pollution.

We are happy to note that spiritual pollution continues apace, and with it defiance of the totalitarian state.

Deng emphasized the need to combat "spiritual pollution" brought about by liberalization.

Western hairstyles, clothing, and facial hair were also criticized as being symptomatic of spiritual pollution.

During the 1983 campaign against spiritual pollution, writers were blamed for the increase in crimes being committed by young people.

By January 1984 the campaign against spiritual pollution had died out, and attention was once more turned to reducing leftist influence in government and society.

Those include the party's effort to combat "spiritual pollution," which has been used to attack Western literature, movies and the Internet.

If that's true, it appears as if Long Island is experiencing a kind of spiritual pollution.