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IMMORALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Morally objectionable behavior
Synonyms:
evil; immorality; iniquity; wickedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("immorality" is a kind of...):
evildoing; transgression (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immorality"):
devilry; deviltry (wicked and cruel behavior)
foul play (unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence))
irreverence; violation (a disrespectful act)
sexual immorality (the evil ascribed to sexual acts that violate social conventions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
Example:
the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("immorality" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immorality"):
unrighteousness (failure to adhere to moral principles)
corruption; degeneracy; depravation; depravity; putrefaction (moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles)
corruptibility (the capability of being corrupted)
licentiousness; wantonness (the quality of being lewd and lascivious)
anomie; anomy (lack of moral standards in a society)
wrongness (contrary to conscience or morality)
evil; evilness (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice)
Antonym:
morality (concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct)
Derivation:
immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)
immoral (not adhering to ethical or moral principles)
