amoral

English

Etymology

From a- (“not”) +‎ moral.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /eɪˈmɒɹ.əl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /eɪˈmɔɹ.əl/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /eɪˈmɑɹ.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹəl, -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

amoral (comparative more amoral, superlative most amoral)

1. (of acts) Neither moral nor immoral.
2. (of people) Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.

Synonyms

• non-moral

Derived terms

Derived terms

• amoralism
• amoralist
• amoralistic
• amorality

Related terms

• non-moral
• immoral

Translations

of acts

• Catalan: amoral
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 與道德無關的／与道德无关的 (yǔ dàodé wúguānde), 不屬於道德範疇的／不属于道德范畴的 (bùshǔyú dàodé fànchóu de)

• Finnish: amoraalinen (fi)
• Galician: amoral (gl)
• German: amoralisch (de)
• Greek: αμοραλιστικός (el) (amoralistikós)
• Hungarian: amorális
• Japanese: 道徳と無関係の (どうとくとむかんけいの, dōtoku to mukankei no)
• Kazakh: адамгершілікке жат (adamgerşılıkke jat)
• Polish: immoralny (pl)
• Portuguese: amoral (pt)
• Russian: амора́льный (ru) (amorálʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: amoralan (sh)
• Spanish: amoral (es)
• Swedish: amoralisk (sv)

of people

• Catalan: amoral
• Finnish: amoraalinen (fi)
• Galician: amoral (gl)
• Greek: αμοραλιστικός (el) (amoralistikós)
• Hungarian: amorális
• Polish: amoralny (pl), niemoralny (pl)
• Portuguese: amoral (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: amoralan (sh)
• Spanish: amoral (es)
• Swedish: amoralisk (sv)

Further reading

• “amoral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• amoral at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Alomar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ moral.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ə.moˈɾal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ə.muˈɾal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.moˈɾal/

Adjective

amoral (masculine and feminine plural amorals)

1. amoral

Related terms

• amoralitat

Further reading

• “amoral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amoral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “amoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amoral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ moral.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

amoral (feminine amorale, masculine plural amoraux, feminine plural amorales)

1. amoral

Related terms

• moral
• immoral
• amoralement

Further reading

• “amoral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ moral.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moˈɾaw/ [a.moˈɾaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muˈɾal/ [ɐ.muˈɾaɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ral

Adjective

amoral m or f (plural amorais)

1. amoral

Related terms

• amoralidade
• amoralismo
• amoralizar
• amoralmente

 

Romanian

Etymology

From French amoral.

Adjective

amoral m or n (feminine singular amorală, masculine plural amorali, feminine and neuter plural amorale)

1. amoral

Declension

Declension of amoral

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	amoral		amorală	amorali	amorale
	definite	amoralul		amorala	amoralii	amoralele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	amoral		amorale	amorali	amorale
	definite	amoralului		amoralei	amoralilor	amoralelor

Related terms

• amoralitate
• moral

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ moral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amoˈɾal/ [a.moˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧mo‧ral

Adjective

amoral (plural amorales)

1. amoral

   Antonym: moral

Derived terms

• amoralidad
• amoralismo
• amoralizar

 

Further reading

• “amoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014