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postconventional

postconventional adjective: belonging to the last of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development, involving a social contract orientation and universal ethical principles.

Adjective

postconventional (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the last of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development, involving a social contract orientation and universal ethical principles.

Origin of postconventional

From post- + conventional.

Questions about postconventional

What does postconventional mean?
Postconventional means belonging to the last of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development, involving a social contract orientation and universal ethical principles.
What part of speech is postconventional?
Postconventional is an adjective.

Words near postconventional in the dictionary

  1. postcontroversial
  2. postcontroversy
  3. postconvalescence
  4. postconvalescent
  5. postconvention
  6. postconventional
  7. postconvergence
  8. postconvergent
  9. postconversion
  10. postconviction
  11. postconvulsive

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