double moral

noun

A double standard.

OriginGerman Doppelmoral ← Spanish doble moral →
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Meanings

noundouble moral (plural double morals)

plural double morals

  1. non-native speakers' EnglishA double standard.

    It is about the double moral of the CMU and Dave Touretzky's obession with bomb instruction.

    2005 April 8, Barbara Schwarz, “About the CMU and double moral”, in misc.education (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022
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    Unless you are, of course, applying double morals: other people's beliefs are open to criticism; yours isn't. Other people's gods can be found faulty; yours can't. This kind of double morals are, btw, one of the things I don't respect. YMMV.

    2001 September 27, RLV, “[OT]: Prayer for America”, in rec.arts.books.tolkien (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022

    Yes, nothing special against you Robert, I don't like double moral and I see it permanently in this newsgroup.

    2004 July 30, Juan Gomez, “SIA protocol”, in alt.security.alarms (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022

Origin

  1. Spanishdoble moral
  2. GermanDoppelmoral
  3. Englishdouble moral

Calque of German Doppelmoral or Spanish doble moral.

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APA

double moral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20moral

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Chicago

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