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immorality

immorality

23 6.3
Bad behavior that people see as wrong or evil
  • noun
  • /ˌɪməˈrælɪti/
translation icon : inmoralidad
  • Why, the immorality here is ghastly.
  • sexual immorality
  • immorality of slavery
  • acts of immorality

So I got on my knees and I poured out a confession of a lifetime of immorality that would absolutely curl your hair.

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Examples

  • Today, however, we are seeing the rise of principled immorality in this country.

    Blog text (8)
  • She spoke out against the immorality of exploiting workers in poor countries.

  • America is lost to its immorality, and I do not believe it can ever return.

    Blog text (6)
  • It's a gross form of immorality.

  • Indeed, he saw certain acts of immorality as a constitutional right.

    Academic text (2008)
  • No one mentioned the immorality of the circumstances that led to her deception in the first place.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Now we know better that the real immorality lies in criminally punishing drug use.

    Blog text (6)
  • Religion is being used as the moral justification for the immorality and repressiveness of those upper classes.

    Blog text (3)
  • My dear brothers and sisters, throughout the ages, god has taught us many lessons, but none more dramatic than the judgment that follows perverse immorality.

  • It didn't take long for people to wise up to the absurdity of it -- and not just its absurdity, its immorality, quite frankly.

Synonyms

evil
vsimmorality
3.0

Bad actions or a force that harms people

focuses on behavior or the state of being wrong rather than inner quality
wrongdoing
vsimmorality
117 3.7

Bad actions that break the law or moral rules

covers moral badness in general rather than only specific bad acts
wickedness
vsimmorality
28 5.2

A state of being morally wrong or evil

refers to actions or state of being wrong rather than moral quality
depravity
vsimmorality
  • Formal
25 8.8

A state of very bad moral behavior

covers moral wrongness more generally rather than only extreme corruption
iniquity
vsimmorality
  • Literature
21 9.5

Very bad or unfair actions that harm people

is more general moral wrongness rather than severe injustice
ugliness
vsimmorality
20 4.6

A quality of being morally bad or cruel

concerns actions or state of being wrong rather than a personal trait
evilness
vsimmorality
8 6.5

A quality of doing very bad things and wanting to harm people

is about actions or state of being wrong rather than an inner quality
wrongness
vsimmorality
6 6.8

A state of being not accepted by society or by moral standards

focuses on moral badness and wrongdoing rather than social judgement
wrongfulness
vsimmorality
  • Formal
1 7.4

Something that is not right according to law or morals

focuses on moral wrongness as behavior or state rather than legal contrast
sleaziness
vsimmorality
  • Literature
1 8.1

Being dishonest and unfair in a way that harms others

means moral wrongness generally rather than specifically sordid or low conduct
filthiness
vsimmorality
1 5.3

A state of being morally bad because of wrong actions

is the general idea of being morally wrong rather than framed as dirty
nefariousness
vsimmorality
  • Formal
1 9.6

Very evil behaviour that harms other people

covers common moral wrongness rather than only extreme cases
miscreancy
vsimmorality
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Very bad actions that break the law

focuses on moral wrongness broadly, not necessarily criminal behavior

Antonyms

282 4.6

Ideas about right and wrong that tell people how to act

259 3.8

A good personal quality like honesty or kindness

Compounds

1 7.0

Sex between people that many groups or religions call wrong

How Moral

virtue
259 3.8
ethics
584 4.2
morality
282 4.6
unethical
102 4.8
immorality
23 6.3
wickedness
28 5.2

Surface Forms

immorality singular
immoralities plural

Morphology

immorality = immoral (transparent) = im + moral + ity

Formed from 'immoral' + '-ity' with a clear negative prefix 'im-' and standard nominalizing '-ity', so the abstract noun meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Immorality comes from the prefix im- meaning 'not' and the word moral, which comes from an old Latin word for 'custom' or 'right behaviour'. So immorality is literally 'not moral' and means actions people see as wrong or bad.