moralとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒɹəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹəl/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹəl/
• 韻: -ɒɹəl, -ɔːɹəl

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

   • 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, OCLC 223202227:

     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.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:

     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.

   • 1841, Thomas Macaulay, Comic Dramatists of the Restoration (printed in Edinburgh Review, January 1841)

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

2. (chiefly in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

   a candidate with strong morals

3. (obsolete) A morality play.
4. (slang, dated) A moral certainty.
5. (slang, dated) An exact counterpart.

同意語

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

下位語

• golden rule

動詞

moral (三人称単数 現在形 morals, 現在分詞 moraling または moralling, 過去形および過去分詞形 moraled または moralled)

1. (intransitive) To moralize.

Further reading

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

アナグラム

• Marlo, molar, romal