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单词 amoral
释义
amoral
adjective
uk
/ˌeɪˈmɒr.əl/us
/ˌeɪˈmɔːr.əl/
withoutmoralprinciples:
毫无道德观念的；没有道德的
Humans, heargues, are amoral and whatguidesthem is not anysenseofmoralitybut aninstinctforsurvival.他认为，人类无德，其行为不是出于道德感，而是出于生存的本能。
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Morally wrong and evil
  • abhorrent
  • amorality
  • anomie
  • antichrist
  • arch-villain
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • dissolutely
  • dissoluteness
  • enormity
  • no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
  • non-ethical
  • obscene
  • obscenely
  • obscenity
  • turpitude
  • unconscionable
  • unconscionably
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
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amorality
(Definition ofamoralfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

amoral| American Dictionary

amoral
adjective[not gradable]
us
/eɪˈmɔr·əl,-ˈmɑr-/
withoutmoralprinciples:
Business is an amoralactivityfocusedcoldlyonsuccess.
(Definition ofamoralfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofamoral

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However, he fails to consider the behavior of other species - do other species experience free will and if not, are theyamoraland psychologically unhealthy?
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Such a society transforms individuals who in a state of nature wereamoral, lawless, atomized units into moral beings.
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Its aim,amoraland expedient, is to ensure that oratory should persuade.
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We consider the strife that has been mounting among bioethicists to beamoral, destructive, and self-destructive.
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Such dichotomies included good\\evil, capitalist\\communist, moral\\amoral, religious\\irreligious, barbaric\\civilized, imperialist\\liberationist.
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This is wholly in keeping with a framework of naturalization that was materialist without being determinist oramoral.
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But once that choice has been made, and once its consequences have been taken, there is somethingamoral, not immoral, which is conceded to art.
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But the best evidence principle that he recognizes is certainly notamoral, at least not when it is applied to adversarial adjudication.
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The third element in the revisionist method, apart from anamoralrelativism and an apologetic tendency, is the application of social science technique.
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The hope for development, for gradual change, for successive normalisation was a distraction from the system's structural defects and theamoralbasis of the regime.
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However, by virtue of the fact that they are exceptions, they further highlight the generallyamoraldiscussion of these barriers in the literature.
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It should always be kept in mind that the complexity of sound structure's emergent behaviour isamoraland has no intrinsic value.
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Early modern nature could serve as an explicit source of social values because openly value-laden; modern nature, only as an implicit source becauseamoral.
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Modern nature abounded in bitter revelations about the illusions of ethics and social reform, for nature was ruthlesslyamoral.
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The occult may be best described as anamoralforce which necessarily belongs to power and prestige as well as being an important leveller.
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