ethicize

[eth-uh-sahyz]

verb (used with object)

ethicized, ethicizing 

1. to make ethical; treat or regard as ethical.

ethicize

/ ˈɛθɪˌsaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to make or consider as ethical

Word History and Origins

Origin of ethicize¹

First recorded in 1810–20; ethic + -ize

Example Sentences

The elemental difference, then, between these three conceptions of the Ultimate is that in Buddhism the effort to rationalize and ethicize the universe of experience is abandoned as a hopeless task; the world entirely and completely resists the rational and ethical process.

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In effect, he rarely attempts to ethicize the Bible story.

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Related Words

• acquaint 
• enlighten 
• ennoble 
• humanize 
• idealize 
• refine 
• sophisticate 
• tame