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immoralist

British  
/ ɪˈmɒrəlɪst /

noun

  1. a person who advocates or practises immorality

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Has not Nietzsche himself been counted, in his own playful phrase, an "immoralist"?

From Impressions and Comments by Ellis, Havelock

Shaw shows himself an "immoralist" only in the sense that he attacks jejune, vicious pseudo-morals now existent.

From How to See a Play by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

It is not only written from the standpoint of a professed immoralist, but the Russian censor declared it pernicious because of its "defamation of youth," its suicidal doctrine, its depressing atmosphere.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

Strictly speaking, while he was on the side of the angels, like all great artists, he is not a moralist; indeed, he is our first great "immoralist," a term that has supplanted the old-fashioned amoralist.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

This radiantly-vicious child was the embodiment of the joy of life, the perfect immoralist.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman

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