Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An advocate of immorality.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who opposes or disregards the principles of morality.
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- noun An advocate of
immorality
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Examples
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Just occasionally a man like Shaw who was called an immoralist 50 times worse than me back in the 90ties, lives on long enough so that the world grows up to him.
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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Just occasionally a man like Shaw who was called an immoralist 50 times worse than me back in the 90ties, lives on long enough so that the world grows up to him.
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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Nor is the modern moralist, or as he prefers to style himself, "immoralist," Nietzsche, [Footnote: A sketch of Nietzsche's doctrine is given later, see chapter xxix.] guilty of less gross a blunder.
A Handbook of Ethical Theory George Stuart Fullerton
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Has not Nietzsche himself been counted, in his own playful phrase, an "immoralist"?
Impressions and Comments Havelock Ellis 1899
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Each chapter focuses on one of four archetypes in life or art whom Fraser believes have shaped the financial markets and their image — “the aristocrat,” “the confidence man,” “the hero” and “the immoralist.”
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Each chapter focuses on one of four archetypes in life or art whom Fraser believes have shaped the financial markets and their image — “the aristocrat,” “the confidence man,” “the hero” and “the immoralist.”
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Mr Mania you are a subtle moralist or perhaps a subtle immoralist, I haven't quite decided in the heyday of blogging (2006) this post would have resulted in a high-quality debate lasting 5 days at least
When You Walk Through A Storm...... Newmania 2007
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Hayek repeatedly quoted Keynes's words, "In the long run we are all dead," and called him an immoralist because of that.
For a Moral Stimulus 2009
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Jean Hampton offers a feminist analysis of what goes on with the sexist immoralist who targets a person in virtue of her group membership (1999).
Feminist Moral Psychology Superson, Anita 2009
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One day, God willing, all those who have chosen the immoralist gay lifestyle will be deported out of America and back to Homoslavia.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
vanishedone commented on the word immoralist
Probably best known from Gide's 1902 novel, but Nietzsche was using it earlier: 'Being an immoralist one has to take steps against corrupting innocents - I mean, asses and old maids of both sexes whom life offers nothing but their innocence.'
October 27, 2007
seanahan commented on the word immoralist
This doesn't mean what you (would) think. This is opposition or indifference to conventional morality. It isn't such a bad thing.
Edit: would
October 27, 2007
uselessness commented on the word immoralist
That, of course, depends on your definition of "bad." ;-)
October 28, 2007
vanishedone commented on the word immoralist
Doesn't mean what who thinks? I was quoting Nietzsche's usage (in Kaufmann's translation from the German, of course).
October 28, 2007
seanahan commented on the word immoralist
That was the global "you". In general, this word doesn't mean what people who hadn't seen it before would think it would mean. I guess I should have had a "would" in there.
October 28, 2007