Ethic Definition
ĕthĭk
noun
A set of principles of right conduct.
American Heritage
A system of moral standards or values.
The humanist ethic.
Webster's New World
A particular moral standard or value.
The success ethic.
Webster's New World
The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession.
Medical ethics.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- value orientation
- value-system
- moral principle
- ethical code
- morality
- moral
- ethicality
- rightfulness
- righteousness
- propriety
- ethicalness
- Used in plural: ethicality
- rightness
adjective
Moral, relating to morals.
Wiktionary
Origin of Ethic
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Middle English ethik from Old French ethique (from Late Latin ēthica) (from Greek ēthika ethics) and from Latin ēthicē (from Greek ēthikē) both from Greek ēthikos ethical from ēthos character s(w)e- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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”).
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