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immoralism

[ ih-mawr-uh-liz-uh m, ih-mor- ]
/ ɪˈmɔr əˌlɪz əm, ɪˈmɒr- /

noun Philosophy.

indifference toward or opposition to conventional morality.

Words nearby immoralism

immodest, immokalee, immolate, immolation, immoral, immoralism, immoralist, immorality, immoralize, immortal, immortality

Origin of immoralism

First recorded in 1905–10; immoral + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM immoralism

im·mor·al·ist, noun
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Examples from the Web for immoralism

  • Here is an "immoralism" deeper and far more anti-social than any "beyond good and evil."

    Suspended Judgments|John Cowper Powys