amorality

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noun

Lack or absence of morality.

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Meanings

nounamorality (usually uncountable, plural amoralities)

plural amoralities

  1. uncountableusuallyLack or absence of morality.

    "I don't think we're headed for a grey-goo scenario here, but we'd all feel really bad if the local biosphere got consumed by nanobots after we left." "We'd still get paid, right?" "I'm going to treat that as a humorous stab at your own exaggerated amorality, and then move on if you don't mind."

    2007 August 24, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 11 May 2024
  2. uncountableusuallyThe metaethical belief that nothing is morally right or morally wrong, that morality does not exist.
    1 more example

    In law school, when we students thought the outcome of a case was determined by a rule we had studied, leftist professors admonished us, “Tools not rules!” In other words, rules control nothing; they’re merely tools you manipulate for the results you want. The fancy word for this kind of amorality is “instrumentalism,” and it subverts the rule of law.

    2023 November 29 – December 5, Rob Natelson, “Why I Still Doubt the 2020 Election”, in The Epoch Times, U.S. edition, number 488, A, page 17

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Englishmorality
  7. Englishamorality

From a- + morality.

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Translations

Catalan amoralitat
  • amoralitatlack of morality
Dutch amoraliteit
  • amoraliteitlack of morality
Finnish amoralismi
  • amoralismilack of morality
German Amoralität
  • Amoralitätlack of morality
Greek αμοραλισμός
  • αμοραλισμός (amoralismós)lack of morality
Hindi अनैतिकता
  • अनैतिकता (anaitiktā)lack of morality
Indonesian amoralitas
  • amoralitaslack of morality
Polish amoralizm, amoralność
  • amoralizmlack of morality
  • amoralnośćlack of morality
  • niemoralnośćlack of morality
Portuguese amoralidade
  • amoralidadelack of morality
Romanian amoralitate
  • amoralitatelack of morality

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APA

amorality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amorality

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“amorality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amorality. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amorality,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amorality.

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