DOUBLE STANDARD

double standard. A set of principles permitting greater opportunity or greater lenience for one class of people than for another, usu. based on a difference such as gender or race. See DISCRIMINATION. [Cases: Civil Rights 1007, 1033(3). C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 2–5, 7–9, 11–13, 18, 20, 23–24, 44.]