Synonyms for ethical


Grammar : Adj
Spell : eth-i-kuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛθ ɪ kəl

Top 10 synonyms for ethical Other synonyms for the word ethical

Définition of ethical

Origin :
  • c.1600, "pertaining to morality," from ethic + -al (1). Related: Ethicality; ethically.
  • adj moral, righteous
Example sentences :
  • Tears, of course, except in the privacy of one's closet, were not ethical on the Street.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • He might as well say that John Bunyan was deficient in ethical instincts.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Beneath the surface of his jokes there is moral earnestness, there is ethical passion.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • They have all provided ways and means for our ethical evolution.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • It is for you, gentlemen, to see that moral and ethical progress is unbroken.
  • Extract from : « Morals in Trade and Commerce » by Frank B. Anderson
  • There is an ethical universal or idea, but is there also a universal of physics?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • Two arguments of this ethical character occur in the Phaedo.
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
  • The ethical proof of the immortality of the soul is derived from the necessity of retribution.
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
  • But you might still have given your ethical sanction to trade.
  • Extract from : « Is civilization a disease? » by Stanton Coit
  • Politics were for him the art of the possible enlarged by the negation of the ethical.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon

Antonyms for ethical

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