ethic
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From Old French ethique < Late Latin ethica < Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthike) < ἠθικός (ēthikos), “‘of or for morals, moral, expressing character’”) < ἦθος (ēthos), “‘character, moral nature’”).
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ethic (plural ethics)
- a set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society or group
- the morality of an action
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- ethic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ethic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- ethic at OneLook® Dictionary Search
