ethics

Meaning of ethics

plural noun
  1. moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
    medical ethics also enter into the question
    a code of ethics
  2. the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles.
    neither metaphysics nor ethics is the home of religion
plural noun
  1. a set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct.
    the puritan ethic was being replaced by the hedonist ethic

late Middle English (denoting ethics or moral philosophy; also used attributively): from Old French éthique, from Latin ethice, from Greek (hē) ēthikē (tekhnē) ‘(the science of) morals’, based on ēthos (see ethos).

Information about ethics

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of ethics is: ethic.
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Hyphenation of ethics

ethics

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • ethics is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

ethics synonyms

Meaning ethical motive:

morals, morality

Meaning a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning:

principles

Meaning a standard or principle to be aimed at:

ideals

Meaning a system of religious belief; a faith:

creed

Meaning a statement of the beliefs or aims which guide someone's actions:

credo

Meaning the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations:

ethos

Meaning behaviour showing high moral standards:

virtues

Translation of ethics

Anagrams of ethics

itches, Sethic, theics, tiches

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