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ethicism

ethicism noun: the application of ethics.

Noun

ethicism (usually uncountable, plural ethicisms)

  1. (usually) The application of ethics.
    • They focused on ethicism in their advertising to appeal to the growing green market.

Forms of ethicism

pluralethicisms

Origin of ethicism

From ethic + -ism.

Questions about ethicism

What does ethicism mean?
Ethicism means the application of ethics.
What part of speech is ethicism?
Ethicism is a noun.
What is the plural of ethicism?
The plural of ethicism is ethicisms.

Words near ethicism in the dictionary

  1. ethicians
  2. ethicise
  3. ethicised
  4. ethicises
  5. ethicising
  6. ethicism
  7. ethicisms
  8. ethicist
  9. ethicistic
  10. ethicists
  11. ethicize

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