NOUN | communication | double standard | an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another |
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Meaning | An ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another. | |
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Narrower | double standard of sexual behavior | A code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women) |
Broader | ethic, ethical code | A system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct |
Spanish | doble estándar, doble moral | |
Catalan | doble moral |
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