different between immorality vs amoral

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???æl?ti/, /?m????æl?ti/
• Rhymes: -æl?ti

Noun

immorality (usually uncountable, plural immoralities)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
2. (countable) An immoral act or practice.
   • 1997, Emily Assami, Mary Kennedy, and Amatullah Bantley, The Qur'an (Saheeh International Translation), surah 7, verse 28

     And when they commit an immorality, they say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it."

Related terms

• amorality

Translations

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.