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Plural of ethic

regular plural

The plural of ethic is ethics.

Forms of ethic

Singularethic /ˈɛθ.ɪk/
Pluralethics /ˈɛθ.ɪks/
Countablecountable

Ethics in a sentence

  • Philosophy is often divided into five major branches: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and aesthetics.From the entry philosophy
  • There were concerns about the ethics of big pharma.From the entry big
  • I live by my own code of ethics.From the entry by
  • Don’t forget the code of ethics that informs this profession.From the entry inform
  • Her decision was guided by her strong personal ethics.From the entry ethics

Meaning of ethic

  1. adjective Moral, relating to morals.
  2. noun A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.
  3. noun The morality of an action.

Full definition of ethic

Questions about the plural of ethic

What is the plural of ethic?
The plural of ethic is ethics.
Is ethic countable?
Ethic is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ethic (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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