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Ethic

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

eth=ic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Ethic has 2 senses

ethic(n = noun.cognition) moral principle, value orientation, value-system - the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; "the Puritan ethic"; "a person with old-fashioned values"

is a kind of principle

has particulars: chartism

ethic(n = noun.communication) ethical code - a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct; Array

is a kind of system, system of rules

has parts: precept, principle

has particulars: double standard

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Ethic, a. [L. ethicus, Gr. , fr. custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to custom, Goth. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh to set: cf. F. éthique. See So, Do.].

Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy. [1913 Webster]

"The ethical meaning of the miracles." [1913 Webster]

Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?

Ethic, n.

the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; as, the Puritan ethic. [WordNet 1.5]
a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Ethic, n. & adj.
--n. a set of moral principles (the Quaker ethic).
--adj. = ETHICAL.

Etymology

ME f. OF {eacute}thique or L ethicus f. Gk ethikos (as ETHOS)

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