Dictionary

amorality en · NOUN

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.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Lack or absence of morality.
   • "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." 2007 August 24, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 11 May 2024:
2. (uncountable, usually) The metaethical belief that nothing is morally right or morally wrong, that morality does not exist.
   • 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. 2023 November 29 – December 5, Rob Natelson, “Why I Still Doubt the 2020 Election”, in The Epoch Times, U.S. edition, number 488, A, page 17:

Forms

Relateds

immorality

Translations (14)

hi अनैतिकता (lack of morality) · de Amoralität (lack of morality) · az əxlaqsızlıq (lack of morality) · pl amoralność (lack of morality) · pt amoralidade (lack of morality) · pl niemoralność (lack of morality) · ro amoralitate (lack of morality) · ca amoralitat (lack of morality) · pl amoralizm (lack of morality) · id amoralitas (lack of morality) · el αμοραλισμός (lack of morality) · nl amoraliteit (lack of morality) · sh amoralnost (lack of morality) · fi amoralismi (lack of morality)