"amorality" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: amoralities [plural]
Etymology: a- + morality Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|morality}} a- + morality Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} amorality (usually uncountable, plural amoralities)
  1. Lack or absence of morality. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (lack of morality): əxlaqsızlıq (Azerbaijani), amoralitat [feminine] (Catalan), amoraliteit [feminine] (Dutch), amoralismi (Finnish), Amoralität [feminine] (German), αμοραλισμός (amoralismós) [masculine] (Greek), amoralizm [masculine] (Polish), amoralność [feminine] (Polish), niemoralność [feminine] (Polish), amoralidade [feminine] (Portuguese), amoralitate [feminine] (Romanian), amoralnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-amorality-en-noun-5L28u9NQ Disambiguation of 'lack of morality': 82 18
  2. The metaethical belief that nothing is morally right or morally wrong, that morality does not exist. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-amorality-en-noun-e9YzdcZt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: immorality

Inflected forms

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