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AMORAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amoral mean? 

AMORAL (adjective)
  The adjective AMORAL has 1 sense:

1. lacking any sense of moral standards or principles

  Familiarity information: AMORAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AMORAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking any sense of moral standards or principles

Synonyms:

amoral; unmoral

Context example:

a completely amoral person

Similar:

neutral (neither moral nor immoral; neither good nor evil, right nor wrong)

nonmoral (lying outside the bounds of morals or ethics)

Attribute:

morality (concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct)

Antonym:

immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)

moral (concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles)


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