superethical

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adjective

More than ethical; above ethics.

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Meanings

adjectivesuperethical (comparative more superethical, superlative most superethical)

comparative more superethical · superlative most superethical

  1. More than ethical; above ethics.

    a. 1751, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, an essay Moral theology, which contains a superethical doctrine, as grave divines have ridiculously called it, rendered the system of ethics in the writings of the ancient fathers […] more confused […]

Origin

From super- + ethical.

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superethical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superethical

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