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单词 premoral
释义

premoral

adjective

pre·​mor·​al ˌprē-ˈmȯr-əl How to pronounce premoral (audio)
-ˈmär-
variants or pre-moral
: of, relating to, or suggestive of a time before the development of a personal or social moral code : not having, showing, or involving an understanding of right and wrong
premoral instincts/behaviors
a pre-moral society
For what is Archie but a premoral child, almost entirely self-serving, quite unaware of anyone else's needs … Richard Schickel
… presents characters stunted at a sort of pre-moral stage of life … Mick LaSalle
It is pre-moral, invoking not the concepts of right and wrong, but the psychological mechanism of empathy. Daniel Maidman

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

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