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metaethic

metaethic noun: a theory of metaethics.

Noun

metaethic (plural metaethics)

  1. A theory of metaethics.
    • Now Olafson points out, rightly I think, that the nonnaturalist or objectivist metaethic offers an account of ultimate moral disagreement which is much closer to what is commonly believed or implicitly assumed in ordinary life.1958 January, Paul W. Taylor, “The Normative Function of Metaethics”, in The Philosophical Review, volume 67, number 1, →JSTOR, page 24

Forms of metaethic

pluralmetaethics

Origin of metaethic

From meta- + ethic.

Questions about metaethic

What does metaethic mean?
Metaethic means a theory of metaethics.
What part of speech is metaethic?
Metaethic is a noun.
What is the plural of metaethic?
The plural of metaethic is metaethics.

Words near metaethic in the dictionary

  1. metaepiphysis
  2. metaepistemology
  3. metaescaline
  4. metaestrous
  5. metaestrus
  6. metaethic
  7. metaethical
  8. metaethically
  9. metaethics
  10. metaethnographic
  11. metaethnographies

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