Immoral
[ɪ'mɒr(ə)l] or [ɪ'mɔrəl]
Definition
(adj.) deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong .
Checker: Louie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Wicked, vicious, sinful, unprincipled, dishonest, unjust, depraved, corrupt, profligate, dissolute.
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Definition
adj. inconsistent with what is right: wicked: licentious.—n. Immoral′ity quality of being immoral: an immoral act or practice.—adv. Immor′ally.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be considered wrong wicked immoral. If man's notions of right and wrong have any other basis than this of expediency; if they originated or could have originated in any other way; if actions have in themselves a moral character apart from and nowise dependent on their consequences—then all philosophy is a lie and reason a disorder of the mind.
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Examples
- I have heard reputable physicians condemn a certain method of psychotherapy because it was immoral. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If he extends the meaning of immoral at all, it is to the vices most closely allied to sex--drink and gambling. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I am as immoral as need be. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I might have been perhaps; but, the fact is, you are a loose woman rather, and you know I hate anything immoral. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Dear mama, there, as soon as she got an inkling of the business, found out that it was of an immoral tendency. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Your doctrine, in short, depends on your purpose: a theory by itself is neither moral nor immoral, its value is conditioned by the purpose it serves. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The average American rarely speaks of industrial piracy as immoral. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It's immoral to game,' said Mrs. Sparsit. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Are they therefore, upon that account, immoral? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Men only began to suspect that they were fictions when they recognised them to be immoral. Plato. The Republic.
- Some people consider Fairs immoral altogether, and eschew such, with their servants and families: very likely they are right. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The only cure for prostitution might prove to be immoral, impractical, unconstitutional, and unpopular. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was a spectacle low, horrible, immoral. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Nay, Socrates; the doctrine is immoral. Plato. The Republic.
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