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noun
- ▪ A set of principles permitting greater opportunity or liberty to one than to another, especially the granting of greater sexual freedom to men than to women.
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a rule or standard of good behavior that, unfairly, some people are expected to follow or achieve but other people are not: The governor is being accused of (having) double standards in being tough on law and order yet allowing his own cabinet members to escape prosecution for fraud. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Double standard definition: any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, especially an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women.. See examples of DOUBLE STANDARD used in a sentence.
A double standard is a code or policy that favors one group or person over another. Double standards are unfair. If a teacher lets all the boys bring candy for lunch but not the girls, that’s a double standard. A standard is a way of evaluating someone, and a double standard is two-faced.
2 days ago · noun. 1. any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, esp. an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. Compare single standard (sense 1) 2. Economics. the use of two metals, at a fixed relative value, as the monetary standard; bimetallism.
double standard. a rule or moral principle that is unfair because it is used in one situation, but not in another, or because it treats one group of people in a way that is different from the treatment of another.
DOUBLE STANDARD definition: a situation in which people are given different treatment in an unfair way: . Learn more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of DOUBLE STANDARD. [count] : a situation in which two people, groups, etc., are treated very differently from each other in a way that is unfair to one of them. She argued that society applies a double standard in dealing with women who commit adultery.
