summum bonum

[soo m-oo m boh-noo m; English suhm-uh m boh-nuh m]

noun Latin.

the highest or chief good.

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British Dictionary definitions for summum bonum

summum bonum

noun

the principle of goodness in which all moral values are included or from which they are derived; highest or supreme good

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