morality

mo·ral·i·ty

noun \mə-ˈra-lə-tē, mȯ-\

plural mo·ral·i·ties

Definition of MORALITY

1

a : a moral discourse, statement, or lesson

b : a literary or other imaginative work teaching a moral lesson

2

a : a doctrine or system of moral conduct

b plural : particular moral principles or rules of conduct

3

: conformity to ideals of right human conduct

4

: moral conduct : virtue

Examples of MORALITY

1. The group is calling for a return to traditional morality.
2. two groups with clashing moralities
3. The decision may be legally justified, but I question its morality.

First Known Use of MORALITY

14th century

Related to MORALITY

Synonyms

character, decency, goodness, honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness

Antonyms

badness, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, sin, villainy, wickedness

Related Words

high-mindedness, honor, incorruptibility, irreproachability, irreproachableness, right-mindedness, scrupulosity, scrupulousness; appropriateness, correctness, decorousness, decorum, etiquette, fitness, propriety, seemliness; ethics, morals

Near Antonyms

impropriety, indecency, indecorum, indiscretion; debauchery, degeneracy, degradation, depravity, perversion, pervertedness, sinfulness; crookedness, dishonesty, underhandedness, unscrupulousness; lowness, meanness, viciousness, vileness; corruption

Other Philosophy Terms

dialectic, dualism, epistemology, existentialism, metaphysics, ontology, sequitur, solipsism, transcendentalism

Rhymes with MORALITY

anality, banality, brutality, carnality, causality, centrality, extrality, fatality, feudality, finality, formality, frontality, frugality, legality, lethality, locality, mentality, modality, mortality, nasality, natality, neutrality, nodality, orality, plurality, primality, rascality, reality, regality, rurality, sodality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality