double moral

English

Etymology

Calque of German Doppelmoral or Spanish doble moral.

Noun

double moral (plural double morals)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) A double standard.
    • 2001 September 27, RLV, “[OT]: Prayer for America”, in rec.arts.books.tolkien‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-01:
      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.
    • 2004 July 30, Juan Gomez, “SIA protocol”, in alt.security.alarms‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-01:
      Yes, nothing special against you Robert, I don't like double moral and I see it permanently in this newsgroup.
    • 2005 April 8, Barbara Schwarz, “About the CMU and double moral”, in misc.education‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-01:
      It is about the double moral of the CMU and Dave Touretzky's obession with bomb instruction.
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