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aˈmoral, a.|ˌeɪˈmɒrəl|
[f. a- prefix 14 + moral.]
Not within the sphere of moral sense; not to be characterized as either good or bad; non-moral. So aˈmoralism, aˈmoralist, amoˈrality.
1882R. Stevenson in Longm. Mag. I. 70 There is a vast deal in life and letters both, which is not immoral, but simply a-moral. 1892S. Weir Mitchell in Century Mag. July 343/2 You are amoral, not immoral. 1910Westm. Gaz. 19 Mar. 3/2 He argued..that Nature was a-moral, ethically neutral. 1915A. S. Neill Dominie's Log v. 56, I have no morals, I am an a-moralist, or should it be a non-moralist? 1917Kipling Diversity of Creatures 176 He's the Absolutely Amoral Soul. I've never met one yet. 1920Glasgow Herald 27 Nov. 6 Dada..leads to amoralism. 1923Observer 10 June 8/3 Stupidity, brutality, and general amorality. 1926British Weekly 16 Sept. 487/4 That great sceptic and amoralist [Anatole France]. 1927R. A. Taylor Leonardo ii. ii. 103 The bright amoral virtue of courage. 1962J. Gray Archaeol. & O.T. World v. 112 The fertility-cult of Canaan may have been quite amoral. |