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Meaning of Amorality | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Lack or absence of morality.
  2. The metaethical belief that nothing is morally right or morally wrong, that morality does not exist.

Equivalents

العربية الفساد
Azərbaycanca əxlaqsızlıq
Deutsch Amoralität
Ελληνικά αμοραλισμός
Suomi amoralismi
हिन्दी अनैतिकता
Bahasa Indonesia amoralitas
Nederlands amoraliteit
Português amoralidade
Română amoralitate
Svenska amoralitet
Українська аморальність

Examples

“"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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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