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- Dictionaryimmorality/ˌɪməˈralɪti/
noun
- 1. the state or quality of being immoral; wickedness: "he believed his father had been punished by God for his immorality"
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IMMORALITY definition: 1. behaviour that is morally wrong, or outside society's standards of what is acceptable: 2…. Learn more.
IMMORALITY meaning: 1. behaviour that is morally wrong, or outside society's standards of what is acceptable: 2…. Learn more.
IMMORAL definition: 1. morally wrong, or outside society's standards of acceptable, honest, and moral behaviour: 2…. Learn more.
Immorality is evil, sinful, or otherwise wrong behavior. Immorality is often called wickedness and is a state avoided by good people. Since morality refers to things that are right, immorality has to do with things that are wrong — like stealing, lying, and murdering.
the quality or state of being immoral; especially : unchastity; an immoral act or practice… See the full definition
Immorality definition: immoral quality, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness.. See examples of IMMORALITY used in a sentence.
behaviour that does not follow accepted standards of sexual behaviour. a life of immorality. sexual immorality. compare amorality, morality. Check pronunciation: immorality. Definition of immorality noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Immoral means not moral and connotes evil or licentious behavior. Amoral, nonmoral, and unmoral, virtually synonymous although the first is by far the most common form, mean utterly lacking in morals (either good or bad), neither moral nor immoral.
1. the quality, character, or state of being immoral. 2. immoral behaviour, esp in sexual matters; licentiousness; profligacy or promiscuity. 3. an immoral act. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014.
Use the adjective immoral to describe a person, group, or situation that intentionally goes against accepted ideas of what is right, like a government that attacks its own people, or a friend who steals your favorite spatula.
