Definition of Etic
{ Eth"ic (?), Eth"ic*al (?), }
a. [L. ethicus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; custom,
usage, character, dwelling; akin to &?; custom, Goth. sidus,
G. sitte, Skr. svadh&?;, prob. orig., one's own doing;
sva self + dh&?; to set: cf. F. éthique.
See So, Do.] Of, or belonging to, morals; treating
of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality;
moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical
system; ethical philosophy.
The ethical meaning of the
miracles. Trench.
Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the
dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is
regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit?
How does my friend Celsus do?
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a set of principles of right and wrong behaviour accepted by a specific society or group
- the morality of an action
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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