immoralist
One scorning virtue
An immoralist is someone who rejects conventional morality or advocates living beyond traditional ethical constraints.
The term gained currency through Nietzsche's philosophy and André Gide's novel *The Immoralist*, where it describes not mere wickedness but a deliberate philosophical stance against received moral codes: He fancied himself an immoralist, free from bourgeois guilt.
One lacking moral restraint
- sensualistOne devoted to pleasures
- debaucheeOne given to excess
- rakeTined yard implement
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
voluptuary · sybarite · pleasure-seeker · dissolute · decadent · self-indulgent · indulgent · carnal
Authority defier
- outlawFugitive from justice
- renegadeDeserter of a cause
- provocateurOne who deliberately incites
- hereticChallenger of official doctrine
iconoclast · maverick · contrarian · subversive · defiant · brazen · audacious · unscrupulous
Rejection of objective meaning
- amoralismRejection of moral categories
- egoismDoctrine of self-motivation
- relativismContext-dependent truth doctrine
- subjectivismBelief truth is personal
Nietzsche · transvaluation · iconoclasm · cynicism · existentialism · übermensch · decadence · libertinism
Criminal deceiver for gain
- embezzlerOne misappropriating entrusted funds
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- exploiterOne who uses unfairly
- profiteerOne exploiting shortages
bribery · venality · deceit · extortion · malfeasance · unethical · underhanded · exploitation
libertine
One lacking moral restraint
- sensualistOne devoted to pleasures
- debaucheeOne given to excess
- rakeTined yard implement
profligate · voluptuary · sybarite · pleasure-seeker · dissolute · decadent · self-indulgent · indulgent · carnal · sensual
rebel
Authority defier
- outlawFugitive from justice
- renegadeDeserter of a cause
- provocateurOne who deliberately incites
heretic · iconoclast · maverick · contrarian · subversive · defiant · brazen · audacious · unscrupulous · shameless
nihilism
Rejection of objective meaning
- amoralismRejection of moral categories
- egoismDoctrine of self-motivation
- relativismContext-dependent truth doctrine
subjectivism · Nietzsche · transvaluation · iconoclasm · cynicism · existentialism · übermensch · decadence · libertinism · anarchism
fraudster
Criminal deceiver for gain
- embezzlerOne misappropriating entrusted funds
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- exploiterOne who uses unfairly
profiteer · bribery · venality · deceit · extortion · malfeasance · unethical · underhanded · exploitation · graft
immoralistmoralist
One preaching right conduct
ethicist · puritan · prude · pietist · moral guardian
immoralistsaint
Canonized holy person
angel · innocent · goody-goody · straight arrow · do-gooder