immoralism

[ ih-mawr-uh-liz-uh m, ih-mor- ]
/ ɪˈmɔr əˌlɪz əm, ɪˈmɒr- /

noun Philosophy.

indifference toward or opposition to conventional morality.

Origin of immoralism

First recorded in 1905–10; immoral + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM immoralism

im·mor·al·ist, noun

Words nearby immoralism

immodest, immokalee, immolate, immolation, immoral, immoralism, immoralist, immorality, immoralize, immortal, immortality

Example sentences from the Web for immoralist

  • Shaw shows himself an "immoralist" only in the sense that he attacks jejune, vicious pseudo-morals now existent.

    How to See a Play |Richard Burton

  • As he became an atheist from religion, so did he become an immoralist from morality.

    Friedrich Nietzsche |Georg Brandes

  • What traps they laid for the heedless conversationalist, for the traditional moralist—or immoralist!

    Mrs. Maxon Protests |Anthony Hope

British Dictionary definitions for immoralist

immoralist
/ (ɪˈmɒrəlɪst) /

noun

a person who advocates or practises immorality