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ethic [eth-ik] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for ethic on Thesaurus.com noun
- the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group: the Christian ethic; the tribal ethic of the Zuni.
- a complex of moral precepts held or rules of conduct followed by an individual: a personal ethic.
Origin of ethic 1350–1400; Middle English ethic, etic Latin ēthicus Greek ēthikós, equivalent to êth(os) ethos + -ikos -ic Related formsnon·eth·ic, adjective Related Words for ethic moral, principle, fairness, morality, integrity, virtue, righteousness, code, ethics, rightness, principles, ethicality, ethicalness Examples from the Web for ethic Contemporary Examples of ethic
The ethic of reciprocity lies at its center: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Jay Parini
January 12, 2014
But if boxing is to become less perilous, the ethic has to change.
Boxers, Be Brave and Quit Before Your Brain Turns to Mush
Gordon Marino
October 25, 2013
The question now was where were the equivalents for the various Muslim ethic groups?
NYPD on the Real ‘Enemies Within’: Going Undercover With Jihadis
Michael Daly
September 9, 2013
Deep faith may resonate in our position, but it is the ethic of love that forces us to prayerfully reexamine our position.
Moss to African-American Clergy: Don’t Abandon Obama Over Same-Sex Marriage
Otis Moss III
May 15, 2012
Historical Examples of ethic
Ethic on its didactic side is outside his business altogether.
Introduction to the Study of History
Charles V. Langlois
The pathos confronts us too exclusively, not modified by any ethic principle.
Franz von Reber
It was the ethic of a professional bowler and the religion of a banker.
Arthur Christopher Benson
To others he only spoke of his ethic epistles in the “Horatian way.”
The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10)
Alexander Pope
But this ethic had been preached centuries before His supposed advent.
Robert Blatchford
British Dictionary definitions for ethic ethic noun
- a moral principle or set of moral values held by an individual or groupthe Puritan ethic
adjective
- another word for ethical
See also ethics Word Origin for ethic C15: from Latin ēthicus, from Greek éthikos, from ēthos custom; see ethos Word Origin and History for ethic n.
late 14c., ethik “study of morals,” from Old French etique (13c.), from Late Latin ethica, from Greek ethike philosophia “moral philosophy,” fem. of ethikos “ethical,” from ethos “moral character,” related to ethos “custom” (see ethos). Meaning “a person’s moral principles” is attested from 1650s.