different between amoral vs excessive

English

Etymology

From a- (“not”) +? moral.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?r?l

Adjective

amoral (comparative more amoral, superlative most amoral)

1. (of acts) Neither moral nor immoral.
2. (of people) Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.

Synonyms

• non-moral

Derived terms

Related terms

• non-moral
• immoral

Translations

Further reading

• amoral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• amoral at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

a- +? moral

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.mo??al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.mu??al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.mo??al/

Adjective

amoral (masculine and feminine plural amorals)

1. 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.
• “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

a- +? moral

Adjective

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

1. amoral

Related terms

• moral
• immoral
• amoralement

Further reading

• “amoral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

a- +? moral

Adjective

amoral m or f (plural amorais, comparable)

1. amoral

Related terms

Further reading

• “amoral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French amoral

Adjective

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

1. amoral

Declension

Related terms

• amoralitate
• moral

Spanish

Etymology

a- +? moral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amo??al/, [a.mo??al]

Adjective

amoral (plural amorales)

1. amoral

   Antonym: moral

Derived terms

• amoralidad
• amoralismo
• amoralizar

Further reading

• “amoral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?s?s?v/
• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)

1. Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:excessive

Antonyms

• insufficient
• deficient

Derived terms

• excessive number

Related terms

• exceed
• excess

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.s?.siv/

Adjective

excessive

1. feminine singular of excessif

Interlingua

Adjective

excessive (comparative plus excessive, superlative le plus excessive)

1. excessive

Related terms

• excesso

Latin

Adjective

excess?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of excess?vus