immoral
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From im- + moral.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɒɹəl/
(General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɔɹəl/
Rhymes: -ɒɹəl
=== Adjective ===
immoral (comparative more immoral, superlative most immoral)
Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:immoral
Antonyms: moral, pure, righteous
==== Usage notes ====
Said of people, deeds, groups, traditions, or practices.
==== Coordinate terms ====
amoral
unethical
illegal
==== Derived terms ====
==== Translations ====
==== See also ====
inhumane
inequitable
unfair
==== Further reading ====
“immoral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “immoral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From im- + moral.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [im.muˈɾal]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [im.moˈɾal]
=== Adjective ===
immoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural immorals)
immoral
Antonym: moral
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“immoral”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“immoral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“immoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “immoral”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
From im- + moral.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /i.mɔ.ʁal/
=== Adjective ===
immoral (feminine immorale, masculine plural immoraux, feminine plural immorales)
immoral
Antonym: moral
Coordinate term: amoral
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Russian: безнра́вственный (beznrávstvennyj) (calque)
=== Further reading ===
“immoral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012