ethicalismn.
/ˈɛθᵻkəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈɛθᵻkl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɛθəkəˌlɪz(ə)m/ Devotion to ethics or ethical ideals.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > knowledge of or devotion to
moralityc1375
ethicism1782
ethicalism1866
1866 S. Robinson Disc. Redempt. xi. 246 The principle of his argument is precisely the same which is involved in all the scoffs and sneers and learned reasonings of ethicalism in all ages.
1892 A. B. Bruce Apologetics ii. ii. 192 The ethical monotheism of Hebrew prophecy has for one of its necessary presuppositions the intense ethicalism of the prophets themselves.
1953 Theology 56 209 The all-too-human ethicalism of a progressive movement asserting a brotherhood of men.
1992 J. M. Coetzee in J. M. Coetzee & D. Attwell Doubling Point 200 I do not wish to..embrace ethicalism or anything else from a position in the dialogue that is already marked as the position of the negative.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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