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double standard

Main Entry: double standard

Function: noun

Date: 1894

1 : bimetallism
2 : a set of principles that applies differently and usually more rigorously to one group of people or circumstances than to another; especially : a code of morals that applies more severe standards of sexual behavior to women than to men

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