Immoral
adjective
Not following accepted standards of behavior, specifically in sexual matters.
The church members denounced his immoral behavior.
Often appears as...
- immoral behavior
- immoral acts
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Disapproving
adjective
Contrary to established moral principles.
It's immoral to steal from your neighbors.
Often appears as...
- immoral actions
- immoral person
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Disapproving
adjective
Not following accepted standards of behavior, specifically in sexual matters.
The church members denounced his immoral behavior.
Often appears as...
- immoral behavior
- immoral acts
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Contrary to established moral principles.
It's immoral to steal from your neighbors.
Often appears as...
- immoral actions
- immoral person
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Perception
Perceived differently across cultures; what’s immoral in one, might be normal in another.
Public displays of affection are considered immoral in some cultures.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjective Term
Based on personal beliefs, so what one sees as immoral, another may not.
He found her casual dating immoral, but she disagreed.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Using 'immoral' often implies judgment, and can offend if used carelessly in conversation.
Referring to their traditions as immoral sparked an argument.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Perception
Perceived differently across cultures; what’s immoral in one, might be normal in another.
Public displays of affection are considered immoral in some cultures.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjective Term
Based on personal beliefs, so what one sees as immoral, another may not.
He found her casual dating immoral, but she disagreed.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Using 'immoral' often implies judgment, and can offend if used carelessly in conversation.
Referring to their traditions as immoral sparked an argument.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Perception
Perceived differently across cultures; what’s immoral in one, might be normal in another.
Public displays of affection are considered immoral in some cultures.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjective Term
Based on personal beliefs, so what one sees as immoral, another may not.
He found her casual dating immoral, but she disagreed.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Using 'immoral' often implies judgment, and can offend if used carelessly in conversation.
Referring to their traditions as immoral sparked an argument.
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A roadmap to end aging PIPE...
then we are condemning a whole cohort of people -- who would have been young enough and healthy enough to benefit from those therapies, but will not be, because we haven't developed them as quickly as we could -- we'll be denying those people an indefinite life span, and I consider that that is immoral.
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Should you trust your...
That said, we can change our impressions in light of new information. Behavioral researchers have identified consistent patterns that seem to guide this process of impression updating. On one hand, learning very negative, highly immoral information about someone typically has a stronger impact
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The emergence of drama...
worldly flesh, and the devil became the antagonists. The morality plays were allegorical stories in which these characters battled for the control of the soul. Audiences loved the immoral characters, and spectators were encouraged to interact with the actors. Throwing rotten food
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
But this would be immoral if we also did not have an infrastructure for intervention, for treatment. We need to be able to work with the families, support the families, to manage those first years with them. We need to be able to really go
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Ethical dilemma: Would...
holds that lying is always immoral, regardless of the circumstances. In other words, there’s a moral rule which forbids lying, and that rule is absolute. You might think, though, that this stance overstates the moral importance of lying.
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The new American Dream PIPE...
plain and simple. And all of us need policies that protect us from exploitation by employers and financial institutions. Nothing that follows is meant to suggest that the gap between rich and poor is anything but profoundly immoral. But,
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What if we ended the...
But now you have a criminal record that's going to follow you for the rest of your life. Jailing people because they don't have enough money to pay bail is one of the most unfair, immoral things we do as a society.
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TED2014 in review PIPE...
guy up and said oh by the way I've just discovered that every single thing we're doing is immoral wrong and illegal didn't got the attention of the president in Congress and everyone else
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Tough Guys Help Animals...
wasn't born like this he could have had a totally different life we cut through all the bull so what's this those are pellets you sure you don't shoot cats it's immoral it's illegal for
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James Hansen: Why I must...
Jake is a super-positive, enthusiastic boy. Here at age two and a half years, he thinks he can protect his two and a half-day-old little sister. It would be immoral
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A roadmap to end aging PIPE...
then we are condemning a whole cohort of people -- who would have been young enough and healthy enough to benefit from those therapies, but will not be, because we haven't developed them as quickly as we could -- we'll be denying those people an indefinite life span, and I consider that that is immoral.
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Should you trust your...
That said, we can change our impressions in light of new information. Behavioral researchers have identified consistent patterns that seem to guide this process of impression updating. On one hand, learning very negative, highly immoral information about someone typically has a stronger impact
Video examples
The emergence of drama...
worldly flesh, and the devil became the antagonists. The morality plays were allegorical stories in which these characters battled for the control of the soul. Audiences loved the immoral characters, and spectators were encouraged to interact with the actors. Throwing rotten food
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
But this would be immoral if we also did not have an infrastructure for intervention, for treatment. We need to be able to work with the families, support the families, to manage those first years with them. We need to be able to really go
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Ethical dilemma: Would...
holds that lying is always immoral, regardless of the circumstances. In other words, there’s a moral rule which forbids lying, and that rule is absolute. You might think, though, that this stance overstates the moral importance of lying.
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The new American Dream PIPE...
plain and simple. And all of us need policies that protect us from exploitation by employers and financial institutions. Nothing that follows is meant to suggest that the gap between rich and poor is anything but profoundly immoral. But,
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What if we ended the...
But now you have a criminal record that's going to follow you for the rest of your life. Jailing people because they don't have enough money to pay bail is one of the most unfair, immoral things we do as a society.
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TED2014 in review PIPE...
guy up and said oh by the way I've just discovered that every single thing we're doing is immoral wrong and illegal didn't got the attention of the president in Congress and everyone else
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Tough Guys Help Animals...
wasn't born like this he could have had a totally different life we cut through all the bull so what's this those are pellets you sure you don't shoot cats it's immoral it's illegal for
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James Hansen: Why I must...
Jake is a super-positive, enthusiastic boy. Here at age two and a half years, he thinks he can protect his two and a half-day-old little sister. It would be immoral
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Donna Brazile
American Politician
Why do we need to support the food stamp program? Because low-income families experience unemployment at a far higher rate than other income groups. Because cutting nutritional assistance programs is immoral and shortsighted, and protecting families from hunger improves their health and educational outcomes.
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Ellen Key
Swedish Writer
The simplest formula for the new conception of morality, which is beginning to be opposed to the moral dogma still esteemed by all society, but especially by the women, might be summed up in these words: Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.
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Robin DiAngelo
American Educator
As white people in this society, we are socialized from the time that we're born to see ourselves as superior, to see white people and things associated white people as superior. At the same time, I'm encouraged to never admit to that. I'm taught that racism is very bad and immoral.
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Debra Paget
American Actress
I don't want to be embarrassed when I go to see something on the screen. I don't want to listen to foul language, watch a lot of violence or see something immoral. I prefer stories with sensitivity and family values; films that strive to lift you up to a higher place in life.
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John Hughes
American Director
Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant, with pursuits that are pretty base... But I haven't found that to be the case. I listen to kids. I respect them... Some of them are as bright as any of the adults I've met.
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Louise Slaughter
American Politician
That we have children coming into this world already polluted, at the same time we don't know what the effects of that pollution will be on their mental and physical development, is both bad policy and immorally wrong.
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Adam Wingard
American Director
I like the idea of a character that you wanna like even though you know he's making immoral choices throughout the film.
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.
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Donna Brazile
American Politician
Why do we need to support the food stamp program? Because low-income families experience unemployment at a far higher rate than other income groups. Because cutting nutritional assistance programs is immoral and shortsighted, and protecting families from hunger improves their health and educational outcomes.
Quote examples
Ellen Key
Swedish Writer
The simplest formula for the new conception of morality, which is beginning to be opposed to the moral dogma still esteemed by all society, but especially by the women, might be summed up in these words: Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.
Quote examples
Robin DiAngelo
American Educator
As white people in this society, we are socialized from the time that we're born to see ourselves as superior, to see white people and things associated white people as superior. At the same time, I'm encouraged to never admit to that. I'm taught that racism is very bad and immoral.
Quote examples
Debra Paget
American Actress
I don't want to be embarrassed when I go to see something on the screen. I don't want to listen to foul language, watch a lot of violence or see something immoral. I prefer stories with sensitivity and family values; films that strive to lift you up to a higher place in life.
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John Hughes
American Director
Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant, with pursuits that are pretty base... But I haven't found that to be the case. I listen to kids. I respect them... Some of them are as bright as any of the adults I've met.
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Louise Slaughter
American Politician
That we have children coming into this world already polluted, at the same time we don't know what the effects of that pollution will be on their mental and physical development, is both bad policy and immorally wrong.
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Adam Wingard
American Director
I like the idea of a character that you wanna like even though you know he's making immoral choices throughout the film.
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.
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