immorality
im·mo·ral·ity (im′ôr al′i tē, im′ō ral′-)
noun
- the state or quality of being immoral
- immoral behavior
- pl. -·ties an immoral act or practice; vice
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.
What ismorality inany given time or place? It iswhat the majority thenand therehappento like, and immorality is what they dislike.
The so-called new morality is too often the old immorality condoned.
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world. 148
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.
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