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語源

New Latin from Late Latin morātōrium, noun use of the neuter of morātōrius (“moratory, delaying”), from Latin moror (“to delay”), from mora (“delay”), from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”). See also moratory.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əm/, /ˌmɔː.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əm/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm/
• ハイフネーション: mo‧ra‧to‧ri‧um

名詞

moratorium (plural moratoriums or moratoria)

1. (law) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. [from 19th c.]
2. A suspension of an ongoing activity. [from 20th c.]

   Canada may put a moratorium on cloning for research.

   • 1990, Gerhard Falk, Murder, an Analysis of its Forms, Conditions, and Causes, McFarland:

     It so happened that at that time the moratorium on the death penalty caused by the Supreme Court decision in the Furman case was still in effect.

   • 2023 March 22, “Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter”, in Future of Life Institute‎:

     If such a pause cannot be enacted quickly, governments should step in and institute a moratorium.

   • 2025 July 1, Matt Brown and Matt O'Brien, “Senate strikes AI regulatory ban from GOP bill after uproar from the states”, in AP News‎:

     Proponents of an AI moratorium had argued that a patchwork of state and local AI laws is hindering progress in the AI industry and the ability of U.S. firms to compete with China.

3. (psychology, sociology) A period of delay granted to someone, especially an adolescent or young adult, during which they are not yet required to take on adult obligations or make permanent commitments; an extended phase of identity exploration. [Coined by developmental psychologist Erik Erikson.]

同意語

• (suspension of an ongoing activity): hiatus, interruption, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

派生語

関連する語

• moratory

Further reading

• Moratorium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Moratorium in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.

形容詞

morātōrium

1. inflection of morātōrius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular