immoralism

American  

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

noun

Philosophy.

1. indifference toward or opposition to conventional morality.

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Other Word Forms

• immoralist noun

Etymology

Origin of immoralism

First recorded in 1905–10; immoral + -ism

Example Sentences

At all events it must serve a better purpose to appraise the practical importance of Nietzsche's speculations than blankly to denounce their immoralism.

From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto

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

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

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

From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by Powys, John Cowper

The wonder turns to mere mysticism; and mere mysticism always turns to mere immoralism.

From The Crimes of England by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

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

From The Open Secret of Ireland by Kettle, T. M. (Thomas Michael)