nonmoral
Americanadjective
adjective
Synonym Usage
See immoral.
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It’s because the goal of these laws is to solve nonmoral problems—like how do you get everyone to drive on one side of the road or go through an intersection without crashing?
From Slate • May 13, 2020
Numerous kinds of nonmoral reasons and influences motivate prosocial, and counteract antisocial, behaviors, too.
From Scientific American • Oct. 16, 2019
A scientist himself, he believes that since "science is strictly nonmoral, culture must be blended with and superimposed upon its progress."
From Time Magazine Archive
When we do not at all understand the cause of an action, whether a crime, a good action, or even one that is simply nonmoral, we ascribe a greater amount of freedom to it.
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
Their object is to secure blessing, and the blessing is often, perhaps generally, of a nonmoral character—wealth, children, triumph over enemies.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris
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