crime against nature
Outdated morality charge
Crime against nature is legal terminology for sexual acts deemed unnatural, historically targeting sodomy, bestiality, and oral sex.
The phrase reflects older moral frameworks that classified certain consensual acts as criminal offenses.
Though largely obsolete, some jurisdictions retain these statutes: He was charged with crimes against nature.
The term also appears rhetorically to condemn environmental destruction or other perceived violations of natural order.
Criminalized sexual act
- buggeryUnnatural carnal connection
- bestialitySex with animals
- fornicationIntercourse between unmarried persons
- sexual offenseCriminal nonconsensual intimate act
moral turpitude · indecency · lewdness · prosecution · conviction · decriminalization · penal code · misdemeanor
Deliberate devastation of nature
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- habitat destructionEliminating natural living spaces
- species extinctionPermanent end of a lineage
overfishing · poaching · illegal logging · whaling · strip mining · oil spill · fracking · clearcutting
Corruption or deviant distortion
- devianceDeparture from accepted standards
- unnaturalnessState of seeming contrived
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- forbiddenNot allowed
stigma · shame · transgression · immorality · indecency · scandal · outrage · condemnation
Violation of divine law
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
defilement · wickedness · depravity · profanity · impurity · moral corruption · divine law · Leviticus
sodomy
Criminalized sexual act
- buggeryUnnatural carnal connection
- bestialitySex with animals
- fornicationIntercourse between unmarried persons
sexual offense · moral turpitude · indecency · lewdness · prosecution · conviction · decriminalization · penal code · misdemeanor · felony
ecocide
Deliberate devastation of nature
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- habitat destructionEliminating natural living spaces
species extinction · overfishing · poaching · illegal logging · whaling · strip mining · oil spill · fracking · clearcutting · wildlife trafficking
perversion
Corruption or deviant distortion
- devianceDeparture from accepted standards
- unnaturalnessState of seeming contrived
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
forbidden · stigma · shame · transgression · immorality · indecency · scandal · outrage · condemnation · ostracism
sin
Violation of divine law
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- transgressionViolation of law or code
iniquity · defilement · wickedness · depravity · profanity · impurity · moral corruption · divine law · Leviticus · damnation
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Concerning right conduct
legal · marital relations · holy matrimony · moral conduct · civil right
crime against naturehuman sexuality
Study of erotic behavior
private matter · civil right · personal freedom · marriage equality · LGBTQ rights
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