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ETHICIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethicist mean? 

ETHICIST (noun)
  The noun ETHICIST has 1 sense:

1. a philosopher who specializes in ethicsplay

  Familiarity information: ETHICIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ETHICIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A philosopher who specializes in ethics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ethician; ethicist

Hypernyms ("ethicist" is a kind of...):

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Derivation:

ethicism (a doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important)

ethics (the philosophical study of moral values and rules)

ethics (motivation based on ideas of right and wrong)


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