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AMORALISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amoralism mean?
• AMORALISM (noun)
The noun AMORALISM has 1 sense:
1. the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid
Familiarity information: AMORALISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("amoralism" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
Derivation:
amoralist (someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid)
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