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AMORALIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amoralist mean?
• AMORALIST (noun)
The noun AMORALIST has 1 sense:
1. someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid
Familiarity information: AMORALIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("amoralist" is a kind of...):
adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)
Derivation:
amoralism (the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid)
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