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immorality Definition

im·mo·ral·ity (im′ôr ali tē, im′ō ral-)

noun

  1. the state or quality of being immoral
  2. immoral behavior
  3. pl. -·ties an immoral act or practice; vice

immorality Synonyms

immorality

n.

vice, depravity, dissoluteness; see evil 1, lewdness, sin.

immorality Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • weapon: Hence the argument in favor of deterrence in no way affects the immorality of nuclear weapons in themselves.
  • west: The opening song is a rejection of what Nawaz sees as the hypocrisy and immorality of the west.
  • conduct: When one M.P. accused Dodd of " gross immorality of conduct " , Lord Ashley decided to sack him.
  • kind: There is an absolute ban on: - Jokes about lavatories, effeminacy in men, immorality of any kind.
  • war: No doubt, the total immorality of this war will yet give rise to other occasions for philosophical debates.
  • character: He did not like the immorality of the character.

Converse of subject

  • shock: Jesus wasn't shocked by the immorality of his own day.

Converse of object

  • commit: Expel them not from their houses nor let them go forth unless they commit open immorality.
  • support: We are appalled at bishops in the western Anglican churches who support immorality.
  • encourage: The songs are harmless and do not encourage immorality as modern popular songs seem to do.
  • promote: Suffice it to say that the Bible almost exclusively promotes immorality in all its forms.
  • shun: We are reminded of the biblical call to shun sexual immorality, and the controversial question of ' What about genital acts?
  • tolerate: The risen Jesus is not prepared to tolerate the immorality and the false teaching in Thyatira.

Adjective modifier

  • sexual: The first thing I tell you is don't get involved in sexual immorality, do not give your strength to women.
  • much: But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
  • such: One of the principal symptoms and causes of such immorality was the way the poor were densely packed together.
  • heterosexual: We need to be aware that liberal theologians in the Church of England are already supporting heterosexual immorality.
  • great: It is not a big stretch to assume that high crime rates indicate a greater immorality.

Preposition: within

  • family: Then the brothers quarreled violently and Joseph was ' killed. ' Then there was sexual immorality within the family.
immorality Quotes

What ismorality inany given time or place? It iswhat the majority thenand therehappento like, and immorality is what they dislike.

—Whitehead, Alfred North

   The so-called new morality is too often the old immorality condoned.

—Shaw, George Bernard

I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world. 148

—Bradbury, Malcolm Stanley

I came to the conclusion that some more ascetic reason than mere enjoyment should be found if one wishes to travel in peace: to do things for fun smacks of levity, immoralityalmost, in our utilitarian world. And though personally I think the world is wrong, and I know in my heart of hearts that it is a most excellent reason to do things merely because one likes the doing of them, I would advise all those who wish to see unwrinkled brows in passport offices to start out ready labelled as entomologists, anthropologists, or whatever other - ology they think suitable and propitious.

—Stark, Dame Freya Madeleine

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