Dictionary

immoralist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪˈmɒɹəˌlɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree English immoral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English immoralist From immoral + -ist.

Meanings

1. An advocate of immorality
   • WHEN it comes to poking serious fun at High Society and making a quiet mockery of its hypocritical ways there’s still no one one^([sic]) to match the Victorian age’s master of homosexual immorality, Mr Oscar Wilde. […] Wilde, being a first-class subversive, implies that the Wicked Lady, an unshamed adventureress and serial lover, ought be admired for the courage of her convictions: by contrast he mocks the aristocrats as immoralists desperate to be caught in a good light. 2002 February 22, Nicholas de Jongh, “Escapist pleasure as Vanessa and Joely share stage”, in Evening Standard, London, page 7:
2. An adherent or practitioner of immoralism

Forms

Translations (5)

de Immoralist (an advocate of immorality) · pl immoralistka (an advocate of immorality) · ru имморали́ст (an advocate of immorality) · pl immoralista (an advocate of immorality) · pt imoralista (an advocate of immorality)