immorality
pronunciation
How to pronounce immorality in British English:
UK [ˌɪmə'rælətɪ]
How to pronounce immorality in American English:
US [ˌɪmə'rælətɪ]
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- Noun:
- the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
- morally objectionable behavior
Word Origin
- immorality (n.)
- 1560s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + morality.
Example
- 1. We get exercised about the immorality of politicians when they 're caught in sex scandals .
- 2. Any other message than sexual abstinence , said the church authorities , would encourage immorality .
- 3. But the pattern of transmission of hiv seems to support their views about the dangers of sexual immorality .
- 4. I remember trying to explain to a parisian taxi driver the us president was being pursued not for sexual immorality but for abusing power and lying under oath .
- 5. I know of no more startling development of the immorality of trade , and all the common modes of getting a living .