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ethicist

/ˈɛθɪsɪst/

ethicist noun: a person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).

Noun

ethicist (plural ethicists)

  1. A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).
  2. A person who advocates a particular set of principles governing right and wrong conduct.

Forms of ethicist

pluralethicists

Origin of ethicist

From ethics + -ist, changing /ks/ to /θ/ for ease of pronunciation and dropping the -s.

Words formed from ethicist

Questions about ethicist

What does ethicist mean?
Ethicist means a person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).
What part of speech is ethicist?
Ethicist is a noun.
How do you pronounce ethicist?
Ethicist is pronounced /ˈɛθɪsɪst/.
What is the plural of ethicist?
The plural of ethicist is ethicists.

Words near ethicist in the dictionary

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

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