Antonyms for ethic

Grammar : Noun

Spell : eth-ik

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛθ ɪk

Definition of ethic

Origin : late 14c., ethik "study of morals," from Old French etique (13c.), from Late Latin ethica, from Greek ethike philosophia "moral philosophy," fem. of ethikos "ethical," from ethos "moral character," related to ethos "custom" (see ethos). Meaning "a person's moral principles" is attested from 1650s.

noun moral principle

Example sentences :

Ethic on its didactic side is outside his business altogether.
Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois

The pathos confronts us too exclusively, not modified by any ethic principle.
Extract from : « History of Ancient Art » by Franz von Reber

It was the ethic of a professional bowler and the religion of a banker.
Extract from : « At Large » by Arthur Christopher Benson

To others he only spoke of his ethic epistles in the "Horatian way."
Extract from : « The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10) » by Alexander Pope

But this ethic had been preached centuries before His supposed advent.
Extract from : « God and my Neighbour » by Robert Blatchford

No ethic is genuine unless it bears the hall-mark of the Church.
Extract from : « English Secularism » by George Jacob Holyoake

The Christian ethic, to the bewildered chagrin of its advocates, has triumphed.
Extract from : « Nonsenseorship » by G. G. Putnam and Others

An ethic of force, an ethic of destruction, was being preached.
Extract from : « Romain Rolland » by Stefan Zweig

The other ethic, which is much worse than all the rest, is slave-trade.
Extract from : « Riches of Grace » by E. E. Byrum

The way thereto in practice is by the ethic of mutual imposition.
Extract from : « Tragic Sense Of Life » by Miguel de Unamuno

Synonyms for ethic

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