morality
pronunciation
How to pronounce morality in British English:
UK [məˈræləti]
How to pronounce morality in American English:
US [məˈræləti]
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- Noun:
- concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
- motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
Word Origin
- morality (n.)
- late 14c., "moral qualities," from Old French moralité "moral (of a story); moral instruction; morals, moral character" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin moralitatem (nominative moralitas) "manner, character," from Latin moralis (see moral (adj.)). Meaning "goodness" is attested from 1590s.Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no temptation, there can be little claim to virtue. Where the routine is rigorously proscribed by law, the law, and not the man, must have the credit of the conduct. [William H. Prescott, "History of the Conquest of Peru," 1847]
Example
- 1. They deny that there is any universal normative morality .
- 2. Women are often held to higher standards of morality in spending .
- 3. Where is the morality in that ?
- 4. It is about culture and morality .
- 5. Their morality campaign has other motives too .