amorality
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əl, æˈmɔr-, eɪˈmɒr-, æˈmɒr-
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amoral (eɪˈmɒrəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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| 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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Example sentences
They were subversive, anarchic hedonists pursuing a particular line of amorality.
The author's idea about the amorality of science is erroneous.
Yet it would be wrongheaded to get worked up over the apparent amorality or violence in the hot genre picture of the moment.
But what was really going on was the apotheosis of amorality and lawlessness.
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