noun
- a person who rejects or disregards moral principles and conventional morality
- an advocate of immoralism, the philosophical view that morality is not binding or that moral distinctions are invalid
Usage: often used in philosophical or literary contexts
Usage: philosophical term
Examples
- The philosopher was labeled an immoralist for questioning the foundations of conventional ethics.
- Some critics dismissed the character as an immoralist who cared nothing for society's rules.
- The immoralist argued that moral judgments were merely subjective preferences.
- She rejected the label of immoralist, claiming instead to be a pragmatist.
- The novel's protagonist is portrayed as an immoralist willing to do whatever it takes to succeed.
- Nietzsche is sometimes misread as an immoralist, though his philosophy is more nuanced.