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wrongmaking

wrongmaking adjective: that contributes to making a decision or action morally wrong.

Adjective

wrongmaking (not comparable)

  1. That contributes to making a decision or action morally wrong.
    • Judged from a purely a priori point of view, the likelihood that there is a rightmaking property with a moral weight whose absolute value is equal to M that is relevant to the moral status of the action in question, is no greater than the likelihood that there is a wrongmaking property whose...2009, Alvin Plantinga, Michael Tooley, Knowledge of God (page 128)
    Antonyms:
    rightmaking

Antonyms of wrongmaking

Origin of wrongmaking

wrong + making

Questions about wrongmaking

What does wrongmaking mean?
Wrongmaking means that contributes to making a decision or action morally wrong.
What part of speech is wrongmaking?
Wrongmaking is an adjective.

Words near wrongmaking in the dictionary

  1. wrongings
  2. wrongish
  3. wrongless
  4. wronglessly
  5. wrongly
  6. wrongmaking
  7. wrongminded
  8. wrongmindedly
  9. wrongmindedness
  10. wrongness
  11. wrongnesses

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