DOUBLE STANDARD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("double standard" is a kind of...):

ethic; ethical code (a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "double standard"):

double standard of sexual behavior (a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women))

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