Usually means: Different rules for similar situations.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word double standard:

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  1. double standard: Merriam-Webster
  2. double standard: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. double standard: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. double standard: Collins English Dictionary
  5. double standard: Vocabulary.com
  6. Double-Standard, double-standard, double standard: Wordnik
  7. double standard: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. double standard: Wiktionary
  9. double standard: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. double standard: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Double standard, double standard: Dictionary.com
  12. Double standard: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. double standard: Rhymezone
  14. double standard: FreeDictionary.org
  15. double standard: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. double standard: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. double standard: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

(Note: See double_standards as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (double standard)

noun:  The situation where two groups or individuals are the same in pertinent ways, but one is condemned for it while the other is excused.
noun:  A pair of monetary values, i.e. a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are legal tender.

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