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English
Etymology
From anti- + moral.
Adjective
antimoral (comparative more antimoral, superlative most antimoral)
- 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.
Translations
opposing or countering moral behaviour
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From anti- + moral.
Pronunciation
Adjective
antimoral (feminine antimorale, masculine plural antimoraux, feminine plural antimorales)
- antimoral
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From anti- + moral.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: an‧ti‧mo‧ral
Adjective
antimoral m or f (plural antimorais)
- antimoral (opposing or countering moral behaviour)
Spanish
Etymology
From anti- + moral.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /antimoˈɾal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: an‧ti‧mo‧ral
Adjective
antimoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural antimorales)
- antimoral
Further reading