immorality act

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• Immorality Act — Der Immorality Act, Act No. 2 / 1927 (deutsch etwa: Unsittlichkeitsgesetz) war ein Gesetz zur Umsetzung südafrikanischer Rassenpolitik während der Zeit der Apartheid. Im Jahr 1927 erließ man den Immorality Act, der sexuelle Beziehungen zwischen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Immorality Act — The Immorality Act (1950 1985) was one of the first Apartheid laws in South Africa. It attempted to forbid all sexual relations between whites and non whites. In 1949, interracial marriages had been banned by the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages… …   Wikipedia

• Immorality — Im mo*ral i*ty, n.; pl. {Immoralities}. [Cf. F. immoralit[ e].] 1. The state or quality of being immoral; vice. [1913 Webster] The root of all immorality. Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 2. An immoral act or practice. [1913 Webster] Luxury and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• immorality — [im΄ôr al′i tē, im΄ō ral′ i tē] n. 1. the state or quality of being immoral 2. immoral behavior 3. pl. immoralities an immoral act or practice; vice …   English World dictionary

• immorality — noun Date: circa 1566 1. the quality or state of being immoral; especially unchastity 2. an immoral act or practice …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• immorality — /im euh ral i tee, im aw /, n., pl. immoralities. 1. immoral quality, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness. 2. sexual misconduct. 3. an immoral act. [1560 70; IMMORAL + ITY] * * * …   Universalium

• immorality — noun a) The state or quality of being immoral; vice. b) An immoral act or practice. See Also: amorality …   Wiktionary

• immorality — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vice, depravity, dissoluteness; see evil 1 , lewdness , sin . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A wicked act or wicked behavior: crime, deviltry, diablerie, evil, evildoing, iniquity, misdeed, offense, peccancy, sin,… …   English dictionary for students

• immorality — im·mo·ral·i·ty || ‚ɪmÉ™ rælÉ™tɪ n. state of being immoral, wickedness, lack of principles, depravity; wicked or evil act, atrocity …   English contemporary dictionary

• immorality — n. 1. Wickedness, vice, sin, sinfulness, depravity, corruption, corruptness, demoralization, criminality, profligacy, want of principle. 2. Immoral action, sin, vice, wrong, wrong act …   New dictionary of synonyms

• immorality — im•mo•ral•i•ty [[t]ˌɪm əˈræl ɪ ti, ˌɪm ɔ [/t]] n. pl. ties 1) immoral quality, character, or conduct 2) sexual misconduct 3) an immoral act …   From formal English to slang