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   eth·ic

   /ˈeTHik/

   noun

   • 1. a set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct: "the puritan ethic was being replaced by the hedonist ethic"

   adjective

   • 1. relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these: rare "the ethic question is of wider import"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting ethics or moral philosophy; also used attributively): from Old French éthique, from Latin ethice, from Greek (hē) ēthikē (tekhnē) ‘(the science of) morals’, based on ēthos (see ethos).

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