antimoral

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ moral.

Adjective

antimoral (comparative more antimoral, superlative most antimoral)

1. Opposing or countering moral behaviour.
   • 1860 March, The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal:

     Here, then, we have Shelley the idolator of nature; Keats, the idolater of beauty; Byron, the idolator of passion; Byron, immoral; Keats, unmoral; Shelley, antimoral; or, if we had some other prefix, like a Greek derivative, to express the absolute negative of the received moral principles that govern the world.

Related terms

• antimoralism
• antimoralist
• antimoralistic
• antimorality

 

Translations

opposing or countering moral behaviour

• French: antimoral (fr)
• Portuguese: antimoral

Anagrams

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French

Etymology

From anti- +‎ moral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ti.mɔ.ʁal/

Adjective

antimoral (feminine antimorale, masculine plural antimoraux, feminine plural antimorales)

1. antimoral

Further reading

• “antimoral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

From anti- +‎ moral.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.moˈɾaw/ [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.moˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.muˈɾal/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.muˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.muˈɾal/ [ˌɐ̃.ti.muˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.muˈɾa.li/

• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧mo‧ral

Adjective

antimoral m or f (plural antimorais)

1. antimoral (opposing or countering moral behaviour)

Spanish

Etymology

From anti- +‎ moral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antimoˈɾal/ [ãn̪.t̪i.moˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: an‧ti‧mo‧ral

Adjective

antimoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural antimorales)

1. antimoral

Further reading

• “antimoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014