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    amoral
    /ˌeɪˈmɒrəl/

    adjective

    • 1. lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something: "an amoral attitude to sex"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › amoralAmoral Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of AMORAL is having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong. How to use amoral in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishAMORAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    (Definition of amoral from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryAMORAL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Humans, he argues, are amoral and what guides them is not any sense of morality but an instinct for survival. Business is an amoral activity focused coldly on success. He also hated it because it's amoral and criminal. But it revealed with full force the stunning amoral rhetoric in its pernicious and vacuous smarminess.

  5. writingexplained.org › amoral-vs-immoral-vs-unmoral-differenceAmoral vs. Immoral vs. Unmoral: What’s the Difference?

    Use amoral when someone doesn’t believe in right and wrong, doesn’t understand right and wrong, or doesn’t have a conscience, and so can’t be said to act against it. If right and wrong don’t apply to something, like animals or natural forces, use unmoral .

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishAMORAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong. I strongly disagree with this amoral approach to politics. The film was violent and amoral. Anita envied her sister's amorality and contempt for public opinion.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › amoralAmoral - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    The adjective amoral adds the prefix a-, "not," to moral, "concerned with the principles of right and wrong." Amoral people don't have a moral code — the morality or ethics of what they do doesn't matter to them, whether or not they're aware of the concept of right and wrong.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishamoral adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of amoral adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. www.oed.com › dictionary › amoral_adjamoral, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    What does the adjective amoral mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective amoral. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the adjective amoral? How is the adjective amoral pronounced? Where does the adjective amoral come from? is formed within English, by derivation.

  10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishAMORAL | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary - Cambridge ...

    AMORAL definition: not caring if what you are doing is morally wrong: . Learn more.

  11. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordAMORAL - Meaning & Translations | Collins English Dictionary

    All you need to know about "AMORAL" in one place: definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.