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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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The meaning of DOUBLE STANDARD is a set of principles that applies differently and usually more rigorously to one group of people or circumstances than to another; especially : a code of morals that applies more severe standards of sexual behavior to women than to men.
a rule or standard of good behaviour that, unfairly, some people are expected to follow or achieve but other people are not: Some officials have protested about a perceived double standard in the guidelines.
a rule or standard of good behavior that, unfairly, some people are expected to follow or achieve but other people are not: Some officials have protested about a perceived double standard in the guidelines.
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 the application of different sets of principles for situations that are, in principle, the same. It is often used to describe treatment whereby one group is given more latitude than another. [2]
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. the double standard frequently encountered in 19th-century attitudes to sex.
a situation in which people are given different treatment in an unfair way: [ usually plural ] Critics accused the government of double standards in its policies. (Definition of double standard from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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.
double standard. British English: double standard NOUN / ˈdʌbl ˈstændəd /. If you accuse a person or institution of applying double standards in their treatment of different groups of people, you mean that they unfairly allow more freedom of behaviour to one group than to another.
DOUBLE STANDARD meaning: 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.
