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 [ey-mawr-uhl, a-mawr-, ey-mor-, a-mor-]   Example Sentences Origin

a·mor·al

   [ey-mawr-uhl, a-mawr-, ey-mor-, a-mor-]
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.
Origin:
1880–85; a-6 + moral

Related forms
a·mor·al·ism, noun
a·mo·ral·i·ty  [ey-muh-ral-i-tee, am-uh-] , noun
a·mor·al·ly, adverb

Synonyms
See immoral.

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amoral (eɪˈmɒrəl)
 
—adj
1.  having no moral quality; nonmoral
2.  without moral standards or principles
 
usage  Amoral is often wrongly used where immoral is meant. Immoral is properly used to talk about the breaking of moral rules, amoral about people who have no moral code or about places or situations where moral considerations do not apply
 
amorality
 
—n
 
a'morally
 
—adv

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Word Origin & History

amoral
"ethically indifferent," a hybrid formed from Gk. priv. prefix a- "not" + moral (q.v.), which is derived from Latin. First used by Robert Louis Stephenson (1850-1894) as a differentiation from immoral.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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