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NOUN (2)

1. the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group;
- Example: "the Puritan ethic"
- Example: "a person with old-fashioned values"
[syn: ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation]

2. a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct;
[syn: ethic, ethical code]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ethic \Eth"ic\, Ethical \Eth"ic*al\, a. [L. ethicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to ? custom, Goth. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh?, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh? to set: cf. F. ['e]thique. See So, Do.] Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy. [1913 Webster] The ethical meaning of the miracles. --Trench. [1913 Webster] Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do? [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

ethic \eth"ic\ ([e^]th"[i^]k), n. 1. the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; as, the Puritan ethic. [WordNet sense 1] Syn: moral principle, value-system, value orientation. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct. [WordNet sense 2] Syn: ethical code. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ethic n 1: the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; "the Puritan ethic"; "a person with old-fashioned values" [syn: ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation] 2: a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct [syn: ethic, ethical code]