double moral
nounEtymology Calque of German Doppelmoral or Spanish doble moral.
1
A double standard.
Non-native speakers' English
- Unless you are, of course, applying double morals: other people's beliefs are open to criticism; yours isn't. Other people's gods can be found faulty; yours can't. This kind of double morals are, btw, one of the things I don't respect. YMMV.2001 September 27, RLV, “[OT]: Prayer for America”, in rec.arts.books.tolkien (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022:
- Yes, nothing special against you Robert, I don't like double moral and I see it permanently in this newsgroup.2004 July 30, Juan Gomez, “SIA protocol”, in alt.security.alarms (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022:
1 more example
- It is about the double moral of the CMU and Dave Touretzky's obession with bomb instruction.2005 April 8, Barbara Schwarz, “About the CMU and double moral”, in misc.education (Usenet), retrieved 01 May 2022: