"ethicist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛθɪsɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ethicist.wav Forms: ethicists [plural]
Etymology: From 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: 93 7 Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Disambiguation of Philosophy: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50
  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 terms suffixed with -ist, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50
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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