Ethic

Alternative forms

• ethick obsolete

Origin

From Old French ethique, from Late Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική, from ἠθικός (ēthikos, "of or for morals, moral, expressing character"), from ἦθος (ēthos, "character, moral nature").

Full definition of ethic

Adjective

1. Moral, relating to morals.

Noun

1. a set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.I think the golden rule is a great ethic.
2. the morality of an action

Derived terms

• ethic of reciprocity
• evolutionary ethic
• Protestant ethic
• work ethic

Related terms

• ethical
• ethics
• ethos

Anagrams

• etchi