# amoral
## English
### Etymology

From a- (“not”) +‎ moral.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /eɪˈmɒɹ.əl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /eɪˈmɔɹ.əl/
* (New York City) IPA: /eɪˈmɑɹ.əl/
* Rhymes: -ɒɹəl, -ɔːɹəl

### Adjective

amoral (comparative more amoral, superlative most amoral)
* (of acts) Done without consideration for morality or immorality.
** 2023, Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:If free will is a myth, and our actions are the mere amoral outcome of biological luck for which we are not responsible, why not just run amok?
* (of people) Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.

#### Synonyms

* non-moral

#### Coordinate terms

* anethical (coordinate, broadly synonymous)

#### Derived terms

* amoralism
* amoralist
* amoralistic
* amorality
* amoralize
* amorally

#### Related terms

* non-moral
* immoral

#### Translations
### Further reading

* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “amoral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “amoral”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Alomar

## Catalan
### Etymology

From a- +‎ moral.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.muˈɾal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.moˈɾal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.moˈɾal]

### Adjective

amoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural amorals)
* amoral

#### Related terms

* amoralitat

### Further reading

* “amoral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “amoral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “amoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “amoral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

From a- +‎ moral.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Adjective

amoral (feminine amorale, masculine plural amoraux, feminine plural amorales)
* amoral

#### Related terms

* moral
* immoral
* amoralement

### Further reading

* “amoral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

By surface analysis, a- +‎ moral.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /aˈmoral/ [aˈmo.ral]
* Rhymes: -oral
* Syllabification: a‧mo‧ral

### Adjective

amoral
* amoral (without morality)

### Further reading

* “amoral” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From a- +‎ moral.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.moˈɾaw/ [a.moˈɾaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.muˈɾal/ [ɐ.muˈɾaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.muˈɾal/ [ɐ.muˈɾaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.muˈɾa.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ral

### Adjective

amoral m or f (plural amorais)
* amoral

#### Related terms

* amoralidade
* amoralismo
* amoralizar
* amoralmente

### References

* ↑ “amoral”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “amoral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French amoral.

### Adjective

amoral m or n (feminine singular amorală, masculine plural amorali, feminine and neuter plural amorale)
* amoral

#### Related terms

* amoralitate
* moral

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ moral.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amoˈɾal/ [a.moˈɾal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: a‧mo‧ral

### Adjective

amoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural amorales)
* amoral
    Antonym: moral

#### Derived terms

* amoralidad
* amoralismo
* amoralizar

### Further reading

* “amoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10