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juridico-moral

juridico-moral adjective: pertaining to moral laws.

Adjective

juridico-moral (comparative more juridico-moral, superlative most juridico-moral)

  1. Pertaining to moral laws.
    • The child therefore distinguishes between a rule that is true in itself and mere custom, present or future. And yet he is all the time enslaved to custom and not to any juridico-moral reason or reality distinct from this custom and superior to it.1997, Jean Piaget, The Moral Judgement of the Child, →ISBN, page 72
    • Only in an America in which the normative substructure of systems of civil law have strayed from those of the juridico-moral systems of the old dominant religious discourse could disestablishment at the level of mundane lawmaking become visible.2000, Stephen M. Feldman, Law and Religion: A Critical Anthology, →ISBN, page 436

Forms of juridico-moral

comparativemore juridico-moral
superlativemost juridico-moral

Origin of juridico-moral

From juridico- + moral.

Questions about juridico-moral

What does juridico-moral mean?
Juridico-moral means pertaining to moral laws.
What part of speech is juridico-moral?
Juridico-moral is an adjective.

Words near juridico-moral in the dictionary

  1. juridically
  2. juridicial
  3. juridicide
  4. juridico-
  5. juridico-legal
  6. juridico-moral
  7. juridico-political
  8. juridicolegal
  9. juridicomoral
  10. juridicopolitical
  11. juridification

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