morality
noun /məˈræləti/
/məˈræləti/
(plural moralities)
- matters of public/private morality
- Standards of morality seem to be dropping.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1- She criticized politicians' standards of personal morality.
- Should governments be legislating morality?
- efforts to strengthen traditional morality
- people who wish to impose their morality on other people
- A stable society relies on both private and public morality.
- Do you think standards of morality are falling?
- He seems to have no personal morality at all.
- Ideas of traditional morality are being questioned all the time.
- Sexual morality should be considered a private matter.
- The church tried to uphold public morality by censoring books and magazines.
- Whatever her personal morality, she has no right to judge others.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- conventional
- traditional
- strict
- …
- legislate
- question
- impose
- …
- be based on something
- standards of morality
- There is a continuing debate on the morality of abortion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- conventional
- traditional
- strict
- …
- legislate
- question
- impose
- …
- be based on something
- standards of morality
- [uncountable, countable] a system of moral principles followed by a particular group of people synonym ethics compare immoralityWordfinder
- action
- approach
- attitude
- behaviour
- conform
- eccentric
- etiquette
- habit
- manners
- morality
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- conventional
- traditional
- strict
- …
- legislate
- question
- impose
- …
- be based on something
- standards of morality
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French moralite or late Latin moralitas, from Latin moralis, from mos, mor- ‘custom’, (plural) mores ‘morals’.