"immoralist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈmɒɹəˌlɪst/ Forms: immoralists [plural]
Etymology: immoral + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|immoral|ist}} immoral + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} immoralist (plural immoralists)
  1. An advocate of immorality Translations (an advocate of immorality): Immoralist (German), immoralista [masculine] (Polish), immoralistka [feminine] (Polish), imoralista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), имморали́ст (immoralíst) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-immoralist-en-noun-n9Ifa~EZ Disambiguation of 'an advocate of immorality': 96 4
  2. An adherent or practitioner of immoralism
    Sense id: en-immoralist-en-noun-XCkOD8X2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 19 81

Inflected forms

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