amoral
/eɪˈmɒɹ.əl/US/eɪˈmɔɹ.əl/
amoral adjective: done without consideration for morality or immorality.
Adjective
amoral (comparative more amoral, superlative most amoral)
- Done without consideration for morality or immorality.
- 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?2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN
- Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.
amoral meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
amoral in Hindi
- of acts
- निर्नैतिक nirnaitik, नीति निरपेक्ष nīti nirpekṣ
- of people
- निर्नैतिक nirnaitik, नीति निरपेक्ष nīti nirpekṣ
amoral in Urdu
- غیراخلاقی
amoral in Malayalam
- unethical, unprincipled, without standards
- സദാചാരപരമല്ലാത്ത, സന്മാർഗ്ഗേതരമായ, സന്മാർഗ്ഗപരമല്ലാത്ത, ബോധത്തി അഭാവമുള്ള, സന്മാർഗ്ഗബോധത്തി അഭാവമുള്ള, ധർമ്മലുപ്ത
amoral in Kannada
- ಅನೈತಿಕ, ನೀತಿ ತಪ್ಪಿದ, ವಿವೇಚನೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ನೀತಿಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ
More languagesFewer languages
- amoral in Arabic
- غَيْر أَخْلَاقِيّ ḡayr ʔaḵlāqiyy, عَدِيم الأَخْلَاق ʕadīm al-ʔaḵlāq
- amoral in Malay
- amoral
- amoral in Indonesian
- amoral, nirmoral
Synonyms of amoral
Forms of amoral
| comparative | more amoral |
|---|---|
| superlative | most amoral |
Origin of amoral
From a- (“not”) + moral.
Words formed from amoral
Words that rhyme with amoral
Questions about amoral
- What does amoral mean?
- Amoral means done without consideration for morality or immorality.
- What is amoral in Hindi?
- Amoral in Hindi is निर्नैतिक (nirnaitik), नीति निरपेक्ष (nīti nirpekṣ). See Amoral meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is amoral?
- Amoral is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce amoral?
- Amoral is pronounced /eɪˈmɒɹ.əl/ (UK).
Words near amoral in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: amoral (page history and authors); amoral (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amoral (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); amoral (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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