Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

double moral

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble -moral
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A double standard.

Example Sentences

"Unless you are, of course, applying double morals: other people's beliefs are open to criticism; yours isn't. Other people's gods can be found faulty; yours can't. This kind of double morals are, btw, one of the things I don't respect. YMMV."
"Yes, nothing special against you Robert, I don't like double moral and I see it permanently in this newsgroup."
"It is about the double moral of the CMU and Dave Touretzky's obession with bomb instruction."

Etymology

Calque of German Doppelmoral or Spanish doble moral.

Inflected Forms

double morals (plural)

Questions

What does double moral mean?: A double standard.
Where does double moral come from?: Calque of German Doppelmoral or Spanish doble moral.

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