moralとは

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒɹəl/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹəl/
• 韻: -ɒrəl

形容詞

moral (comparative more moral, superlative most moral)

1. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.

   moral judgments;  a moral poem

   • Nathaniel Hawthorne

     She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.

2. Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
   • Sir M. Hale

     the wiser and more moral part of mankind

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:

     The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.

   a moral obligation

3. Capable of right and wrong action.

   a moral agent

4. Probable but not proved.

   a moral certainty

5. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.

   a moral victory;  moral support

同意語

• (conforming to a standard of right behaviour): ethical, incorruptible, noble, righteous, virtuous
• (probable but not proved): virtual

反意語

• immoral, unethical, corrupt, unscrupulous, amoral, non-moral, unmoral

派生語

関連する語

名詞

moral (複数形 morals)

1. (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.

   The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.

   • Macaulay

     We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.

2. Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
3. (obsolete) A morality play.

同意語

• (moral practices または teachings): ethics, mores

下位語

• golden rule

Further reading

• moral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• moral in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• moral at OneLook Dictionary Search

アナグラム

• molar, romal