ethicize

American

[eth-uh-sahyz] / ˈɛθ əˌsaɪz /

verb (used with object)

ethicized, ethicizing

to make ethical; treat or regard as ethical.

ethicize British

/ ˈɛθɪˌsaɪz /

verb

(tr) to make or consider as ethical

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Etymology

Origin of ethicize

First recorded in 1810–20; ethic + -ize

Example Sentences

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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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