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moral science

moral science noun: the systematic, scientific study of human nature and relationships.

Noun

moral science (countable and uncountable, plural moral sciences)

  1. The systematic, scientific study of human nature and relationships.
    • Adam Smith conceived of economics as a moral science in the Humean sense.

moral science meaning in Tamil

moral science in Tamil

அறவியல்

Forms of moral science

pluralmoral sciences

Origin of moral science

The term was used by David Hume (1711–1776) in his Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals, and subsequently adopted by some other scholars.

Questions about moral science

What does moral science mean?
Moral science means the systematic, scientific study of human nature and relationships.
What is moral science in Tamil?
Moral science in Tamil is அறவியல். See Moral science meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is moral science?
Moral science is a noun.
What is the plural of moral science?
The plural of moral science is moral sciences.

Words near moral science in the dictionary

  1. moral policing
  2. moral policings
  3. moral realism
  4. moral relativism
  5. moral relativisms
  6. moral science
  7. moral sciences
  8. moral sense
  9. moral senses
  10. moral suasion
  11. moral suasions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moral science (page history and authors); moral science (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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