immoralizes
immoralizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of immoralize.
Meaning of immoralize
Verb
immoralize (third-person singular simple present immoralizes, present participle immoralizing, simple past and past participle immoralized)
- To corrupt; to make immoral.
- But if this charge be true, then it can be no less true that the Messiah has failed, that the Christian religion is not of divine origin, since its effect and operation has been to deprave and immoralize mankind.1847, Henry Grattan, The Select Speeches of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan, page 333
- Synonyms:
- demoralize, unmoralize, warp, adulterate, corrupt, debauch, detort, file, lead astray, pervert
- To decry as immoral.
- His conventional Jayhawker morality causes him to immoralize thus regarding the alleged moral breakdown in Europe: “One could imagine that if God thinks war is necessary for the solution of the world's terrible problems, He will have no trouble forgiving these lapses that follow in the wake of war...1916, Pacific Northwest Library Association, Proceedings - Volumes 7-9, page 17
- To behave immorally or promote immorality.
- Some writers just moralize better than others immoralize.1950, Michael Williams, Commonweal - Volume 53, page 332
Questions about immoralizes
- What is immoralizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Immoralizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of immoralize.
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