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mor·al·ism (môr′əl iz′əm, mär′-)

noun

  1. moral teaching; moralizing
  2. a moral maxim
  3. belief in or practice of a system of ethics apart from religion

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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