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double moral

double moral noun: a double standard.

Noun

double moral (plural double morals)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) A double standard.
    • Unless you are, of course, applying double morals: other people's beliefs are open to criticism; yours isn't. Other people's gods can be found faulty; yours can't.
      This kind of double morals are, btw, one of the things I don't respect. YMMV.2001 September 27, RLV, “[OT]: Prayer for America”, in rec.arts.books.tolkien (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022
    • Yes, nothing special against you Robert, I don't like double moral and I see it permanently in this newsgroup.2004 July 30, Juan Gomez, “SIA protocol”, in alt.security.alarms (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022

Forms of double moral

pluraldouble morals

Origin of double moral

Calque of German Doppelmoral or Spanish doble moral.

Questions about double moral

What does double moral mean?
Double moral means a double standard.
What part of speech is double moral?
Double moral is a noun.
What is the plural of double moral?
The plural of double moral is double morals.

Words near double moral in the dictionary

  1. double modals
  2. double monasteries
  3. double monastery
  4. double monocular O
  5. double monocular Os
  6. double moral
  7. double morals
  8. double muscling
  9. double napoleon
  10. double napoleons
  11. double negative

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