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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 important
Familiarity information: ETHICISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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