amorality
amorality — noun
1. a state of not caring whether actions are good or bad, so decisions are made as
a state of not caring whether actions are good or bad, so decisions are made as if questions of right and wrong do not matter
Reporters saw the minister's amorality in his joking response to the deaths.
see + amorality in someone's response
Christopher warned that market amorality could leave poor patients without care.
market amorality in public criticism
Tamar was shocked by the gang leader's amorality when the man laughed at the attack.
The novel's hero survives through charm, nerve, and almost total amorality.
Beatriz's calm amorality made bribery sound like ordinary office routine.
- amoralism
more philosophical; often names a doctrine rather than everyday behaviour
- moral indifference
plainer and less formal; stresses not caring rather than a stable quality
- cynicism
focuses on distrust of motives, not necessarily the absence of moral concern
- morality
the general system or sense of right and wrong
- conscience
stresses an inner feeling that guides moral choices
文法句型
amorality of N
amorality toward N
用法筆記
Usually uncountable and common in formal discussion of politics, business, fiction, or psychology. Use immorality instead when you want to say an action is morally wrong; amorality stresses that moral judgment is missing or treated as irrelevant.