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principlism

principlism noun: a system of ethics based on the four moral principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.

Noun

principlism (uncountable)

  1. A system of ethics based on the four moral principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.

Origin of principlism

From principle + -ism.

Questions about principlism

What does principlism mean?
Principlism means a system of ethics based on the four moral principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.
What part of speech is principlism?
Principlism is a noun.

Words near principlism in the dictionary

  1. principled
  2. principledly
  3. principledness
  4. principles
  5. principling
  6. principlism
  7. principlist
  8. principlists
  9. princock
  10. princocks
  11. princox

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