ethicality

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noun

The state, quality, or manner of being ethical.

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Meanings

nounethicality (countable and uncountable, plural ethicalities)

plural ethicalities

  1. countableuncountableThe state, quality, or manner of being ethical.

    Some reformers and sociologists, though the majority stuck by the older internationalist ethicalities, began to adopt imperialist and group Social Darwinist views.

    1981, Jack Jones, "Social Darwinism Reconsidered," Political Psychology, vp. 3, no. 1/2, p. 247
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    As compared to the numerous studies focused on the incidence of student-faculty sexual involvement, few researchers have examined student perceptions of the ethicality of this form of sexual intimacy.

    1995, Linda J. Skinner et al., “Academic Sexual Intimacy Violations: Ethicality and Occurrence Reports from Undergraduates”, in The Journal of Sex Research, volume 32, number 2, page 133

    Synonyms: ethicalness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state, quality, or manner of being ethical.

Also see

Origin

Translations

Polish etyczność
  • etycznośćmanner of being
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