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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 derived
Familiarity information: SUMMUM BONUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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...):
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