Immorality (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Meaning:

Morally objectionable behavior

Synonyms:

evil; immorality; iniquity; wickedness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("immorality" is a kind of...):

evildoing; transgression (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immorality"):

devilry; deviltry (wicked and cruel behavior)

foul play (unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence))

irreverence; violation (a disrespectful act)

sexual immorality (the evil ascribed to sexual acts that violate social conventions)

Meaning:

The quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct

Example:

the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("immorality" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immorality"):

unrighteousness (failure to adhere to moral principles)

corruption; degeneracy; depravation; depravity; putrefaction (moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles)

corruptibility (the capability of being corrupted)

licentiousness; wantonness (the quality of being lewd and lascivious)

anomie; anomy (lack of moral standards in a society)

wrongness (contrary to conscience or morality)

evil; evilness (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice)

Antonym:

morality (concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct)

Derivation:

immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)

immoral (not adhering to ethical or moral principles)