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immoralism

[ ih-mawr-uh-liz-uhm, ih-mor- ]
/ ɪˈmɔr əˌlɪz əm, ɪˈmɒr- /
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noun Philosophy.
indifference toward or opposition to conventional morality.
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Origin of immoralism

First recorded in 1905–10; immoral + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM immoralism

im·mor·al·ist, noun

Words nearby immoralism

immodest, Immokalee, immolate, immolation, immoral, immoralism, immoralist, immorality, immoralize, immortal, immortality
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How to use immoralism in a sentence

  • Wedekind is of this order; a moralist is concealed behind his shining ambuscade of verbal immoralism.

    Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker

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

    Suspended Judgments|John Cowper Powys

  • If they are right, then we must picture Ireland as the victim of a radical immoralism.

    The Open Secret of Ireland|T. M. Kettle
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