immoralityn.

/ɪmɒˈralɪti/

Etymology: < immoral adj. + -ity suffix, after morality.

1. Immoral quality, character, or conduct; violation of moral law; wickedness, viciousness. (Now often used specifically of sexual impurity.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > immorality > [noun]

immorality?1566

non-morality1857

unethicalness1886

society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > immorality

immorality?1566

non-morality1857

unethicalness1886

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun]

incontinencec1384

unchastityc1384

adulteryc1405

bawdry1460

sensualities1477

incontinency1485

unchasteness1530

dishonesty1535

immorality?1566

inconstancy1581

inchastity1590

?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi sig. N viij From thence the immorralitie and lingring of proces do procede.

1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 533 Simply to speak what is false has no immorality at all in it. Other~wise no Man might dispute or pronounce a false Axiome.

1698 J. Collier (title) A short view of the immorality, and profaneness of the English stage.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar ii. 11 The educated Greeks..had no horror of immorality as such.

1894 E. Sullivan Woman 29 The distinction society draws between immorality in women and immorality in men is monstrous:..to assume, as men often do, that immorality is a glory to them, whilst it is a disgrace to women, is absurd.

2. with an and plural. An instance or species of this; an immoral act or practice; a vice.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > immorality > instance of

untighta1300

immoralitya1631

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 154 The immoralities, and incivilities that thou dost towards men, in scandalizing them, by thy sins.

1752 J. Jortin Remarks Eccl. Hist. II. 52 The writing of books or epistles under borrowed names, and imposing them as genuine upon the public, is..an immorality.

1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 276 Deceit and falsehood are not regarded as immoralities in the eyes of Asiatics.

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. viii. 162 Injustice is of all immoralities not the one most easily condoned.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	immorality
释义	immoralityn. /ɪmɒˈralɪti/ Etymology: < immoral adj. + -ity suffix, after morality. 1. Immoral quality, character, or conduct; violation of moral law; wickedness, viciousness. (Now often used specifically of sexual impurity.) ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > immorality > [noun] immorality?1566 non-morality1857 unethicalness1886 society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > immorality immorality?1566 non-morality1857 unethicalness1886 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] incontinencec1384 unchastityc1384 adulteryc1405 bawdry1460 sensualities1477 incontinency1485 unchasteness1530 dishonesty1535 immorality?1566 inconstancy1581 inchastity1590 ?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi sig. N viij From thence the immorralitie and lingring of proces do procede. 1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 533 Simply to speak what is false has no immorality at all in it. Other~wise no Man might dispute or pronounce a false Axiome. 1698 J. Collier (title) A short view of the immorality, and profaneness of the English stage. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar ii. 11 The educated Greeks..had no horror of immorality as such. 1894 E. Sullivan Woman 29 The distinction society draws between immorality in women and immorality in men is monstrous:..to assume, as men often do, that immorality is a glory to them, whilst it is a disgrace to women, is absurd. 2. with an and plural. An instance or species of this; an immoral act or practice; a vice. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > immorality > instance of untighta1300 immoralitya1631 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 154 The immoralities, and incivilities that thou dost towards men, in scandalizing them, by thy sins. 1752 J. Jortin Remarks Eccl. Hist. II. 52 The writing of books or epistles under borrowed names, and imposing them as genuine upon the public, is..an immorality. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 276 Deceit and falsehood are not regarded as immoralities in the eyes of Asiatics. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. viii. 162 Injustice is of all immoralities not the one most easily condoned. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1566
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