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silver rule

silver rule noun: the principle that one should not treat other people in the manner in which one would not want to be treated by them.

Noun

silver rule (plural silver rules)

  1. The principle that one should not treat other people in the manner in which one would not want to be treated by them.
    • Confucius (551-479 BC) squarely faces the issue and gives us the first specific statement of the rule in its negative form, sometimes referred to as the "Silver Rule."1934, J. O. Hertzler, “On Golden Rules”, in International Journal of Ethics, volume 44, number 4, page 421

Forms of silver rule

pluralsilver rules

Questions about silver rule

What does silver rule mean?
Silver rule means the principle that one should not treat other people in the manner in which one would not want to be treated by them.
What part of speech is silver rule?
Silver rule is a noun.
What is the plural of silver rule?
The plural of silver rule is silver rules.

Words near silver rule in the dictionary

  1. silver proteinate
  2. silver quandong
  3. silver ratio
  4. silver ratios
  5. silver retention
  6. silver rule
  7. silver rules
  8. silver salmon
  9. silver salmons
  10. silver sand
  11. silver screen

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