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ETHICISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethicism mean? 

ETHICISM (noun)
  The noun ETHICISM has 1 sense:

1. a doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and importantplay

  Familiarity information: ETHICISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ETHICISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

his ethicism often led him to moralize

Hypernyms ("ethicism" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Derivation:

ethicist (a philosopher who specializes in ethics)


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