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immorality; immoral; unethical
Behavior or conduct that violates moral standards or social norms. Used both as a noun and as a な-adjective.
Formed from 不 (negation prefix) + 道徳 (morality, ethics). Common collocations: 不道徳な行為 (immoral act), 不道徳な行動 (immoral behavior), and 不道徳な人 (immoral person). Compare with 非道徳 (amoral, outside the scope of morality) and 反道徳 (anti-moral, deliberately opposing morality). 不道徳 implies a failure to meet moral standards, not a rejection of morality itself.
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Antonym:
道徳的 (moral, ethical)