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発音

• IPA: /ˈɛθ.ɪk/

語源 1

From 中期英語 etik, from Late Latin ēthicus, from Ancient Greek ἠθῐκός (ēthĭkós).

形容詞

ethic (comparative more ethic, superlative most ethic)

1. Moral, relating to morals.

参考

• ethic dative

語源 2

From 中期英語 etik, ethik, from Old French ethique, from Late Latin ēthica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), from ἠθικός (ēthikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”).

名詞

ethic (plural ethics)

1. A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.

   The Protestant work ethic.

   I think the golden rule is a great ethic.

2. The morality of an action. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

使用する際の注意点

Sometimes confused with ethnic.

派生語

関連する語

• ethical
• ethics
• ethos

Further reading

• “ethic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “ethic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “ethic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• Citeh, etchi, theic