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ethicist

American  
[eth-uh-sist] / ˈɛθ ə sɪst /
Also ethician

noun

  1. a person who specializes in or writes on ethics or who is devoted to ethical principles.


Etymology

Origin of ethicist

First recorded in 1890–95; ethic + -ist

Example Sentences

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Dr. Dugdale is a physician and ethicist at Columbia University and the author of “The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

“It raises questions about who has leverage over public institutions when private dollars intervene,” one ethicist told reporters.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2025

AI ethicist and author Olivia Gambelin told the BBC OpenAI limiting further use of Dr King's image was "a good step forward".

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

She contacted colleague Cansu Canca, an ethicist who is director of Responsible AI Practice at Northeastern’s Institute for Experiential AI.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025

And he is, much more certainly, the only thoroughly emancipated, the only thoroughly modern and scientific ethicist that ever lived.

From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph

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