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The situation where two groups or individuals are the same in pertinent ways, but one is condemned for it while the other is excused.
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A pair of monetary values, i.e. a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are legal tender.
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an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another
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Broader terms: ethic, ethical code
Narrower terms: double standard of sexual behavior
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Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
كَيْلٌ بِمِكْيالَيْنِ
(kaylun bimikyālayni)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Arabic:
اِزْدِوَاجِيَّة الْمَعَايِير
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Arabic:
مَعَايِير مُزدَوجَة
(maʕāyīr muzdawaja)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Armenian:
երկակի ստանդարտ
(erkaki standart)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Azerbaijani:
ikili standart
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Belarusian:
падвойны стандарт
(padvójny standart)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Belarusian:
двайны стандарт
(dvajny standart)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Catalan:
doble vara de mesurar
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Catalan:
doble vara de mesura
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Catalan:
doble moral
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Catalan:
tracte desigual
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Chinese Mandarin:
雙重標準 /双重标准
(shuāngchóng biāozhǔn)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Chinese Mandarin:
雙標 /双标
(shuāngbiāo)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Czech:
dvojí metr
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Czech:
dvojí standard
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Danish:
dobbeltmoral
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Dutch:
dubbele moraal
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Dutch:
met twee maten meten
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Finnish:
kaksinaismoraali
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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French:
deux poids, deux mesures
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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French:
deux poids et deux mesures
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Georgian:
ორმაგი სტანდარტი
(ormagi sṭandarṭi)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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German:
Doppelmoral
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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German:
Messen mit zweierlei Maß
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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German:
zweierlei Maß
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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German:
Anlegen von zweierlei Maßstäben
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Hungarian:
kettős mérce
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Icelandic:
tvöfalt siðgæði
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Irish:
caighdeán dúbailte
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Italian:
due pesi e due misure
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Italian:
due pesi, due misure
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Italian:
doppiopesismo
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Japanese:
ダブルスタンダード
(daburu sutandādo)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Japanese:
ダブスタ
(dabusuta)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Japanese:
二重基準
(nijū kijun)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Japanese:
二重規範
(nijū kihan)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Japanese:
二重標準
(nijū hyōjun)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Khmer:
ស្តង់ដារទ្វេ
(stɑngdaa tvei)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Korean:
이중 잣대
(ijung jatdae)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Lao:
ມາດຕະຖານສອງເທົ່າ
(māt ta thān sǭng thao)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Malay:
dua darjat
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Malayalam:
ഇരട്ടത്താപ്പ്
(iraṭṭattāppŭ)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Norwegian:
dobbeltmoral
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Norwegian:
hykleri
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Polish:
podwójny standard
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Polish:
moralność Kalego
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Portuguese:
dois pesos, duas medidas
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Russian:
двойно́й станда́рт
(dvojnój standárt)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Spanish:
doble estándar
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Spanish:
doble moral
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Spanish:
ley del embudo
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Spanish:
doble rasero
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Spanish:
doble vara de medir
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Spanish:
stándard duplo
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Swedish:
dubbelmoral
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Swedish:
dubbelstandard
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Thai:
สองมาตรฐาน
(sɔ̌ɔng-mâat-dtrà-tǎan)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Turkish:
çifte standart
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Urdu:
دُہْرَا مِعْیَار
(duhrā mi'yār)
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Vietnamese:
tiêu chuẩn kép
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard
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Zhuang:
song aen biucinj
— the situation of groups one of which is excused from following a standard