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SUMMUM BONUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does summum bonum mean? 

SUMMUM BONUM (noun)
  The noun SUMMUM BONUM has 1 sense:

1. the supreme good in which all moral values are included or from which they are derivedplay

  Familiarity information: SUMMUM BONUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUMMUM BONUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The supreme good in which all moral values are included or from which they are derived

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("summum bonum" is a kind of...):

good; goodness (moral excellence or admirableness)


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