NATURAL VIRTUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does natural virtue mean? 

• NATURAL VIRTUE (noun)
  The noun NATURAL VIRTUE has 1 sense:

1. (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature

  Familiarity information: NATURAL VIRTUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATURAL VIRTUE (noun)

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Meaning:

(scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("natural virtue" is a kind of...):

cardinal virtue (one of the seven preeminent virtues)

Domain category:

Scholasticism (the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "natural virtue"):

justice; justness (the quality of being just or fair)

moderation; temperance (the trait of avoiding excesses)

prudence (discretion in practical affairs)

fortitude (strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage)