amoral

From a- (“not”) +‎ moral.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /eɪˈmɒɹ.əl/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /eɪˈmɔɹ.əl/
• (New York City) IPA^(key): /eɪˈmɑɹ.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹəl, -ɔːɹəl

amoral (comparative more amoral, superlative most amoral)

1. (of acts) Done without consideration for morality or immorality.
   • 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:

     If free will is a myth, and our actions are the mere amoral outcome of biological luck for which we are not responsible, why not just run amok?

2. (of people) Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.

• non-moral

• anethical (coordinate, broadly synonymous)

• non-moral
• immoral

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “amoral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “amoral”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Alomar

From a- +‎ moral.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.muˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.moˈɾal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.moˈɾal]

amoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural amorals)

1. amoral

• amoralitat

• “amoral”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “amoral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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.

From a- +‎ moral.

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

1. amoral

• moral
• immoral
• amoralement

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

By surface analysis, a- +‎ moral.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈmoral/ [aˈmo.ral]
• Rhymes: -oral
• Syllabification: a‧mo‧ral

amoral (comparative lebih amoral, superlative paling amoral)

1. amoral (without morality)

• “amoral” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From a- +‎ moral.^[1][2]

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

amoral m or f (plural amorais)

1. amoral

Borrowed from French amoral.

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

1. amoral

• amoralitate
• moral

From a- +‎ moral.

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

amoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural amorales)

1. amoral

   Antonym: moral

• “amoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish amoral.

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

amorál (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜇᜎ᜔)

1. amoral

• “amoral”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 31