ETHICAL CODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethical code mean? 

• ETHICAL CODE (noun)
  The noun ETHICAL CODE has 1 sense:

1. a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct

  Familiarity information: ETHICAL CODE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHICAL CODE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ethic; ethical code

Hypernyms ("ethical code" is a kind of...):

system; system of rules (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior)

Meronyms (parts of "ethical code"):

precept; principle (rule of personal conduct)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ethical code"):

double standard (an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another)