Definition of amoral
1a : having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong amoral politicians an amoral, selfish personb : being neither moral nor immoral; specifically : lying outside the sphere to which moral judgments apply Science as such is completely amoral. — W. S. Thompson
2 : being outside or beyond the moral order or a particular code of morals amoral customs
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Mr. Owens lends weary, granitic power, but the moral — that is to say, amoral — center is provided by Christopher Purves, who plays the bitter, grasping Alberich as chillingly human.
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Dark, gritty, amoral superheroes have been the norm for decades.
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Origin and Etymology of amoral
see 1moral
First Known Use: 1779
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