Immorality
noun
The quality, character, or condition of being dishonest, evil, or sinful.
The politician's scandal was regarded as an act of immorality by the public.
Often appears as...
- act of immorality
- level of immorality
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Disapproving
noun
Behaviour or attitudes that show a lack of respect for accepted standards of honesty, decency and propriety.
The immorality of his conduct caused disgrace to his family.
Often appears as...
- immorality of conduct
- public immorality
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Disapproving
noun
The quality, character, or condition of being dishonest, evil, or sinful.
The politician's scandal was regarded as an act of immorality by the public.
Often appears as...
- act of immorality
- level of immorality
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
Behaviour or attitudes that show a lack of respect for accepted standards of honesty, decency and propriety.
The immorality of his conduct caused disgrace to his family.
Often appears as...
- immorality of conduct
- public immorality
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Immorality often relates to what a specific culture considers wrong, and these beliefs can vary widely.
Some societies view drinking alcohol as immorality, while others do not.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjective Perception
What is seen as immorality can differ among individuals within the same community.
Wearing certain clothing might be seen as immorality by some but as self-expression by others.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Illegal
Actions deemed as immorality may not be against the law but are often frowned upon.
Lying to a friend is seen as immorality, though it's not a criminal offense.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Immorality often relates to what a specific culture considers wrong, and these beliefs can vary widely.
Some societies view drinking alcohol as immorality, while others do not.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjective Perception
What is seen as immorality can differ among individuals within the same community.
Wearing certain clothing might be seen as immorality by some but as self-expression by others.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Illegal
Actions deemed as immorality may not be against the law but are often frowned upon.
Lying to a friend is seen as immorality, though it's not a criminal offense.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Immorality often relates to what a specific culture considers wrong, and these beliefs can vary widely.
Some societies view drinking alcohol as immorality, while others do not.
Pro Tip 2/3Subjective Perception
What is seen as immorality can differ among individuals within the same community.
Wearing certain clothing might be seen as immorality by some but as self-expression by others.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Illegal
Actions deemed as immorality may not be against the law but are often frowned upon.
Lying to a friend is seen as immorality, though it's not a criminal offense.
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The emergence of drama...
into crude and sometimes comic stories. The clergy intended to teach against immorality. How ironic, then, that the morality plays actually encouraged vices as more popular than virtues. By the mid-15th century, the church started to outlaw these performances. Town charters required that any theater
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Paul Zak: Trust,...
You sit in a gas station all day, you see lots of morality and immorality, let me tell you. So one Sunday afternoon, a man walks into my cashier's booth with this beautiful jewelry box. Opens it up and there's a pearl necklace inside. And he said, "Hey, I was in the men's room.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
you better believe it yeah yeah they're holding the jungle bag tiger I'm jungle no sir I think the defendants are jungle people okay for you to support those defendants is another is an indication of your humanity your immorality you got
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The emergence of drama...
into crude and sometimes comic stories. The clergy intended to teach against immorality. How ironic, then, that the morality plays actually encouraged vices as more popular than virtues. By the mid-15th century, the church started to outlaw these performances. Town charters required that any theater
Video examples
Paul Zak: Trust,...
You sit in a gas station all day, you see lots of morality and immorality, let me tell you. So one Sunday afternoon, a man walks into my cashier's booth with this beautiful jewelry box. Opens it up and there's a pearl necklace inside. And he said, "Hey, I was in the men's room.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
you better believe it yeah yeah they're holding the jungle bag tiger I'm jungle no sir I think the defendants are jungle people okay for you to support those defendants is another is an indication of your humanity your immorality you got
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Ellen Key
Swedish Writer
For thousands of years, poetry has been picturing love as a mysterious and tragic power. But when anyone says the same thing in plain prose, and adds that life would be colourless and poor without the great passions, then this is called immorality!
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
Russian Philosopher
However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.
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Mike Yaconelli
American Writer
Sin is more than turning our backs on God - it is turning our backs on life! Immorality is much more than adultery and dishonesty: it is living drab, colorless, dreary, stale, unimaginative lives.
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Lee Strobel
American Author
Moral evil is the immorality and pain and suffering and tragedy that come because we choose to be selfish, arrogant, uncaring, hateful and abusive.
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Paul Craig Roberts
American Economist
Clearly America is exceptional in its immorality, lack of human compassion, and disrespect for law and its founding document.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.
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Sylvester Stallone
American Actor
Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has not lived.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Immorality, violence, and divorce, with their accompanying sorrows, plague society worldwide.
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Malcolm Bradbury
English Novelist
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
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Ellen Key
Swedish Writer
For thousands of years, poetry has been picturing love as a mysterious and tragic power. But when anyone says the same thing in plain prose, and adds that life would be colourless and poor without the great passions, then this is called immorality!
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
Russian Philosopher
However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.
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Mike Yaconelli
American Writer
Sin is more than turning our backs on God - it is turning our backs on life! Immorality is much more than adultery and dishonesty: it is living drab, colorless, dreary, stale, unimaginative lives.
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Lee Strobel
American Author
Moral evil is the immorality and pain and suffering and tragedy that come because we choose to be selfish, arrogant, uncaring, hateful and abusive.
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Paul Craig Roberts
American Economist
Clearly America is exceptional in its immorality, lack of human compassion, and disrespect for law and its founding document.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.
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Sylvester Stallone
American Actor
Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has not lived.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Immorality, violence, and divorce, with their accompanying sorrows, plague society worldwide.
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Malcolm Bradbury
English Novelist
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
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