amoral
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a·mor·al 
[ey-mawr-uhl, a-mawr-, ey-mor-, a-mor-] Pronunciation Key
[ey-mawr-uhl, a-mawr-, ey-mor-, a-mor-] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral. |
| 2. | having no moral standards, restraints, or principles; unaware of or indifferent to questions of right or wrong: a completely amoral person. |
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| a·mor·al
(ā-môr'əl, ā-mŏr'-) Pronunciation Key
adj.
a·mor'al·ism n., a'mo·ral'i·ty (ā'mô-rāl'ĭ-tē, -mə-) n., a·mor'al·ly adv. |
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amoral
amoral
"ethically indifferent," a hybrid formed from Gk. priv. prefix a- "not" + moral (q.v.), which is derived from L. First used by Robert Louis Stephenson (1850-94) as a differentiation from immoral.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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