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يكيل بمكيالين

English translation: double standard


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Arabic term or phrase:الكيل بمكيالين
English translation:double standard
Entered by: Rasha El-Gabry
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10:09 Mar 16, 2009
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Journalism
Arabic term or phrase: يكيل بمكيالين
لنعتبر أن الولايات المتحدة لا تكيل بمكيالين
hussein Farghal
Egypt
Local time: 22:09
double standard
Explanation:
an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another
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Rasha El-Gabry
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:09
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +18double standard
Rasha El-Gabry
5 +4to have a double standaed
Hanan Sharabati


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +18
double standard


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

Example sentence(s):
  • if someone has a bouble standard, it means he has a set of principles establishing different provisions for one group than another

    Reference: http://www.answers.com/double%20standards
Rasha El-Gabry
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ahmad Batiran: ازدواجية المعايير" تستخدم أيضاً"
21 mins
  -> thank you
agree  samah A. fattah
24 mins
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agree  Abdelmonem Samir
34 mins
  -> thank you
agree  yzmohasseb
37 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Alexander Yeltsov: لا تكيل بمكيالين => don't use double standard
1 hr
  -> thank you
agree  Abdurrahman Mahanna
2 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Ihab Abdelhafiz
2 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
2 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Mona Helal
2 hrs
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agree  Mohamed Ghazal
2 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Miftah
3 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword): Apply a double standard or use a double standard
4 hrs
  -> thank you so much
agree  Nadia Ayoub
4 hrs
  -> thank you so much
agree  Ghada Samir
4 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  mohamed elkhateeb
4 hrs
  -> thank you so much
agree  ghassan al-Alem
18 hrs
  -> many thanks Ghassan
agree  Sarwat Ezzeldin
2 days5 hrs
  -> many thanks sarwat
agree  Sydeni: I think that also
634 days
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
to have a double standaed


Explanation:
double standard: a set of principles establishing different provisions for one group than another; or a rule or moral principle that is unfair because it is used in one situation but not in another, or because it treats one group of people differently from another.

Example sentence(s):
  • She complained that her father had a double standard because her brothers were allowed to date, but she was not, even though she was older.
Hanan Sharabati
Local time: 22:09

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ahmad Batiran: Correct verbalization.
17 mins
agree  Ghada Samir
18 mins
agree  Abdelaziz El Sassy: agree
10 hrs
agree  ghassan al-Alem: Is not it the same answer as Rasha's?
14 hrs
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Changes made by editors
Mar 30, 2009 - Changes made by Rasha El-Gabry:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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