double standard
noun
1
: 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
2
Examples of double standard in a Sentence
She argued that society applies a double standard in dealing with women who commit adultery.
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What’s at play isn’t hypocrisy or double standards against standup comedians.
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Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
That double standard, as well as a genuine lack of awareness about Iranian-influence operations, has persisted for many years, and, unfortunately, the latest news probably isn’t enough to trigger a reckoning with what Iran is doing to our elections and within U.S. government.
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Sep. 2024
One of the attendees brought up Obama’s remarks and asked Washington how to speak to people applying a double standard to Harris.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
The national media attention that Petito's case garnered was seen as a double standard in the Indigenous community with the countless missing and murdered people cases that have gone unsolved for decades and had never seen the type of awareness as Petito.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024
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Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
That double standard, as well as a genuine lack of awareness about Iranian-influence operations, has persisted for many years, and, unfortunately, the latest news probably isn’t enough to trigger a reckoning with what Iran is doing to our elections and within U.S. government.
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Sep. 2024
One of the attendees brought up Obama’s remarks and asked Washington how to speak to people applying a double standard to Harris.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
The national media attention that Petito's case garnered was seen as a double standard in the Indigenous community with the countless missing and murdered people cases that have gone unsolved for decades and had never seen the type of awareness as Petito.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Double standard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20standard. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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