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cacoethics

Syllables: caco·ethics/ˌkakəʊˈɛθɪks/

cacoethics noun: bad ethics or morals; bad habits.

Noun

cacoethics (uncountable)

  1. Bad ethics or morals; bad habits.
    • The correspondence appears to have begun in one of the endless foolishnesses about contemporary novel-writing which appear to beguile the leisure of so many of our modern Cacoëthics.1885, Punch, volumes 88–89, →OCLC, page 1
    • In the ensuing clashes between nouveau-cons and their more or less double-crossed doppelgangers, taking the part of either is to administer the kiss of life to a dying tradition or breathing new life into cacoethics.2014 March 3, M. F. Dail, Limbodeswills Wain, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN

Origin of cacoethics

From caco- + ethics.

Questions about cacoethics

What does cacoethics mean?
Cacoethics means bad ethics or morals; bad habits.
What part of speech is cacoethics?
Cacoethics is a noun.
How do you pronounce cacoethics?
Cacoethics is pronounced /ˌkakəʊˈɛθɪks/.

Words near cacoethics in the dictionary

  1. cacoethe
  2. cacoethes
  3. cacoethic
  4. cacoethical
  5. cacoethically
  6. cacoethics
  7. cacogamy
  8. cacogastric
  9. cacogenesis
  10. cacogenic
  11. cacogenics

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