ethic

== English == === Alternative forms === ethick (obsolete) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛθ.ɪk/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English etik, from Late Latin ēthicus, from Ancient Greek ἠθῐκός (ēthĭkós). ==== Adjective ==== ethic (comparative more ethic, superlative most ethic) Moral, relating to morals. ==== See also ==== ethic dative === Etymology 2 === From Middle English 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”). ==== Noun ==== ethic (plural ethics) A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual. The morality of an action. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ===== Usage notes ===== Sometimes confused with ethnic. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ethical ethics ethos === Further reading === “ethic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “ethic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “ethic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Citeh, etchi, theic