Definition of double standard in US English:
double standard
nounˈdəbəl ˈstændərdˈdəbəl ˈstandərd
A rule or principle which is unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups.
the prolonged consideration of the issue represented a double standard
Example sentencesExamples
- In media, such double standards become pretty clear if you compare the regional press with the national press.
- The persistent application of double standards can bring about undesirable results.
- I don't get the constant double standards and idiocy of this aesthetically obsessed society we live in.
- There are clearly double standards when it comes to accountability for collective failures.
- One such feature is of course the presence of double standards.
- Politics is a world of double standards, hidden agendas, bias and negative activism.
- The international community has had double standards over this issue.
- I think you are employing a double standard here that I don't understand.
- Accusations of double standards or nefarious intent would be much harder to sustain.
- These double standards won't pass any test anywhere for fairness and equity.
- With such double standards how can we expect our children to stop taking ‘street’ drugs?
- The arithmetic suggests double standards are not the exclusive property of one side.
- Externally, we are being pushed by those who believe in hegemony, bias, and double standards.
- The different treatment displays the existence of a profound double standard.
- Apologists for the double standard claim the difference lies between one being a dictatorship and the other a democracy.
- The problem is that I have this childish belief in consistency and a dislike of double standards.
- And he believes double standards exist in the way road and train drivers are dealt with.
- It is riddled with inconsistencies, double standards, and sheer confusion.
- The challenge to the postmodern world is to get used to the idea of double standards.
- This is not the first time that these double standards have appeared.