Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amorality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: amoral-i-ty
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lack or absence of morality.

Uncountable

noun

The metaethical belief that nothing is morally right or morally wrong, that morality does not exist.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

""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.""
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English morality English amorality From a- + morality.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

amoralities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

immorality

Questions

What does amorality mean?: Lack or absence of morality.
Where does amorality come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English morality English amorality From a- + morality.

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