ethic

English

Alternative forms

• ethick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French ethique, from Late Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthike), from ἠθικός (ēthikos, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (ēthos, “character, moral nature”).

Adjective

ethic (comparative more ethic, superlative most ethic)

1. Moral, relating to morals.

Noun

ethic (plural ethics)

1. a set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.
2. the morality of an action

Derived terms

• ethic of reciprocity
• evolutionary ethic
• Protestant ethic
• work ethic

Related terms

• ethical
• ethics
• ethos

See also

• ethic dative

External links

• 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

Anagrams

• etchi