ethic
[ eth-ik ]
/ ˈɛθ ɪk /
noun
the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group: the Christian ethic; the tribal ethic of the Zuni.
a complex of moral precepts held or rules of conduct followed by an individual: a personal ethic.
RELATED WORDS
moral, principle, fairness, morality, integrity, virtue, righteousness, code, ethics, rightness, principles, ethicality, ethicalness
Nearby words
- etherege, sir george,
- etheric,
- etherify,
- etherize,
- ethernet,
- ethical,
- ethical culture,
- ethical hacker,
- ethical investment,
- ethical relativism
Origin of ethic
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ethic
/ (ˈɛθɪk) /
noun
a moral principle or set of moral values held by an individual or groupthe Puritan ethic
adjective
another word for ethical
See also ethics
Word Origin for ethic
C15: from Latin ēthicus, from Greek éthikos, from ēthos custom; see ethos
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ethic
late 14c., ethik "study of morals," from Old French etique (13c.), from Late Latin ethica, from Greek ethike philosophia "moral philosophy," fem. of ethikos "ethical," from ethos "moral character," related to ethos "custom" (see ethos). Meaning "a person's moral principles" is attested from 1650s.
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