double standard

1. 1.

   an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another

   Broaderethic

   Narrowerdouble standard of sexual behavior

Questions about double standard

What does double standard mean?

double standard means "an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another".

Is double standard a common word?

double standard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.