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double standard

DEFINITIONS OF: double standard

1

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

Types:
double standard of sexual behavior
a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)
Type of:
ethic, ethical code
a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
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