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ethicalness

ethicalness noun: the state or quality of being ethical.

Noun

ethicalness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state or quality of being ethical.
    • Some have thought that universalisability was the criterion of ethicalness.1964, Timothy L. S. Sprigge, “Definition of a Moral Judgment”, in Philosophy, volume 39, number 150, page 306
    Synonyms:
    ethicality

Synonyms of ethicalness

Origin of ethicalness

From ethical + -ness.

Questions about ethicalness

What does ethicalness mean?
Ethicalness means the state or quality of being ethical.
What part of speech is ethicalness?
Ethicalness is a noun.

Words near ethicalness in the dictionary

  1. ethicalities
  2. ethicality
  3. ethically
  4. ethically challenged
  5. ethically-challenged
  6. ethicalness
  7. ethicals
  8. ethician
  9. ethicians
  10. ethicise
  11. ethicised

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