immoralism

[ ih-mawr-uh-liz-uh m, ih-mor- ]

/ ɪˈmɔr əˌlɪz əm, ɪˈmɒr- /

noun Philosophy.

indifference toward or opposition to conventional morality.

Nearby words

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

Origin of immoralism

First recorded in 1905–10; immoral + -ism

Related forms

im·mor·al·ist, noun

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Examples from the Web for immoralist

Shaw shows himself an "immoralist" only in the sense that he attacks jejune, vicious pseudo-morals now existent.
How to See a Play|Richard Burton
As he became an atheist from religion, so did he become an immoralist from morality.
Friedrich Nietzsche|Georg Brandes
What traps they laid for the heedless conversationalist, for the traditional moralist—or immoralist!
Mrs. Maxon Protests|Anthony Hope

British Dictionary definitions for immoralist

immoralist

/ (ɪˈmɒrəlɪst) /

noun

a person who advocates or practises immorality

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