"ethicist" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛθɪsɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ethicist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ethicists [plural]
Etymology: ethics + -ist, changing /ks/ to /θ/ for ease of pronunciation and dropping the -s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ethics|ist}} ethics + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} ethicist (plural ethicists)
  1. A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct). Categories (topical): Ethics, People, Philosophy
    Sense id: en-ethicist-en-noun-B5OzWvjZ Disambiguation of Ethics: 92 8 Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Disambiguation of Philosophy: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 49 51
  2. A person who advocates a particular set of principles governing right and wrong conduct. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-ethicist-en-noun-1OZRDnyD Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: virtue ethicist Related terms: ethics, bioethicist Translations (person who studies principles governing right and wrong conduct): 倫理學者 (Chinese Mandarin), 伦理学者 (lúnlǐ xuézhě) (Chinese Mandarin), etik [masculine] (Czech), éthicien [masculine] (French), Ethiker [masculine] (German), eiticí [masculine] (Irish), etyk [masculine] (Polish), etiker [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'person who studies principles governing right and wrong conduct': 49 51

Inflected forms

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