Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not admitting of moral distinctions or judgments; neither moral nor immoral.
- adjective Lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Devoid of moral quality; neither moral nor immoral; non-moral.
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- adjective being neither
moral norimmoral - adjective of people not
believing in orcaring formorality andimmorality
Etymologies
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Examples
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Would-be oppressors have historically recruited whatever argument (s) are at hand to justify atrocity, whether based on the in-group's supposed superiority, the victim's supposed moral failings, supposed divine preferences, or plain amoral arbitrariness.
Dochia On Analytical Egalitarianism, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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That someone who could easily be amoral is portrayed with dimension is fantastic.
Rome II 2005
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That someone who could easily be amoral is portrayed with dimension is fantastic.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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Because, Tremain thought, I'm a mercenary thug who used the word amoral?
A Maiden's Grave Deaver, Jeffery 1995
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By the way, as an Episcopalian I rather resent being called amoral for sharing in the happiness of various gay friends and relations.
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Those may be the most corrupt of all, since their expedient "make no waves" mentality was at the very least amoral, which is another way of saying immoral.
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Those may be the most corrupt of all, since their expedient "make no waves" mentality was at the very least amoral, which is another way of saying immoral.
Modern-Day Pyramids 2010
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Those may be the most corrupt of all, since their expedient "make no waves" mentality was at the very least amoral, which is another way of saying immoral.
Bob Franken: Modern-Day Pyramids Bob Franken 2010
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Those may be the most corrupt of all, since their expedient "make no waves" mentality was at the very least amoral, which is another way of saying immoral.
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The bashing is absurdly unfair as shown by, among other things, the fact that the critics of the so-called amoral policies of Bush have been silent when Obama says he will embrace the amoral realism practiced by previous Administrations.
Obama says George Bush is "a good guy," "a good man," and "a good person." Ann Althouse 2009
bilby commented on the word amoral
"The most sinister aspect of the chatty amoral style of the professional persuaders, is that when they are forced to refer to the helpless, psycho-analysed, dopey buyer of anything that is sold right by a pronoun, that pronoun is usually she.
A habit-forming drug is a perfect commodity, and heroin, of which very few doses are enough to ensure the need for a regular, escalating consumption, is the paragon. In the New York subways one may see beautifully designed, five-foot-high posters showing, in four colours, back lit and immaculately photographed, all the beautiful drugs one may buy in a school playground. And above or below, that infallible sales gimmick, 'Don't'."
- 'Body Odour And The Persuaders', Germaine Greer in Sunday Times, 1971.
April 2, 2008