IMMORALIST Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

immoralist

noun

(ˌ)i(m)-ˈmȯr-ə-list

Definition of immoralist

as in criminal

a person who commits moral wrongs among history's imperial immoralists, few can compare with the Roman emperor Caligula

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The detective-heroines (and especially the actress-detectives) in this canon are careful about how performance might be extended to social duplicity, dishonesty, and fraud—but the lady criminals of Victorian detective fiction cross this line easily.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
From 1873 to 1991, the island served as Costa Rica’s principal penitentiary, where some of the country’s worst criminals were sent to serve often short and torturous sentences.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026

Definition of criminal

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The Athletic’s hockey staff came together to identify the definitive on-ice villain for every team in the NHL.

— Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Em details how Alan Rickman who played Hans Gruber, one of the most iconic villains in film history, offered director John McTiernan several key ideas that improved the film.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of villain

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Because of his previous felonies, though none for violent crimes, Pfister could now be defined as a habitual offender under Michigan law and faces prison.

— Kyung Lah, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
That’s like staying in the dugout during a bench-clearing brawl after a pitcher plonks a batter, then offering the offender a handshake the next inning.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of offender

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New York’s Bivens Act remedies this by extending the protections of Section 1983 to all individual government wrongdoers — including federal ones.

— Joel B. Rudin, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
The better approach would focus on reasonableness and negligence, where wrongdoers face accountability.

— Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2026

Definition of wrongdoer

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