"ethics" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛθ.ɪks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ethics.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ethics [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English etik, from Middle French ethique, from Late Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), from ἠθικός (ēthikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|etik}} Middle English etik, {{der|en|frm|ethique}} Middle French ethique, {{der|en|LL.|ethica}} Late Latin ethica, {{der|en|grc|ἠθική}} Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), {{m|grc|ἠθικός||of or for morals, moral, expressing character}} ἠθικός (ēthikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), {{m|grc|ἦθος||character, moral nature}} ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|ethics}} ethics (countable and uncountable, plural ethics)
  1. (philosophy) The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (study of principles governing right and wrong conduct): etiek (Afrikaans), عِلْم الْأَخْلَاق (ʕilm al-ʔaḵlāq) [masculine] (Arabic), բարոյագիտություն (baroyagitutʿyun) (Armenian), etika (Azerbaijani), э́тыка (étyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), আখলাক (akholak) (Bengali), নৈতিকতা (nōitikota) (Bengali), е́тика (étika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ètica [feminine] (Catalan), 倫理學 (Chinese Cantonese), 伦理学 (leon⁴ lei⁵ hok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 倫理學 (Chinese Mandarin), 伦理学 (lúnlǐxué) (Chinese Mandarin), etika [feminine] (Czech), etik [common-gender] (Danish), zedenkunde [feminine] (Dutch), ethiek [feminine] (Dutch), eetika (Estonian), siðalæra [feminine] (Faroese), siðafrøði [feminine] (Faroese), etiikka (Finnish), éthique [feminine] (French), ეთიკა (etiḳa) (Georgian), Ethik [feminine] (German), ηθική (ithikí) [masculine] (Greek), etika (Hungarian), erkölcstan (Hungarian), etika (Indonesian), eitic [feminine] (Irish), etica [feminine] (Italian), 倫理学 (rinrigaku) (alt: りんりがく) (Japanese), этика (étika) (Kazakh), សីលវិជ្ជា (səl vɨcciə) (Khmer), 윤리학 (yullihak) (alt: 倫理學) (Korean), 륜리학 (ryullihak) (alt: 倫理學) [North-Korea] (Korean), ētika [feminine] (Latvian), етика (etika) [feminine] (Macedonian), etika (Malay), matatika (Maori), этик (etik) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), etikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), etikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), فلسفه اخلاق (falsafe-ye axlâq) (Persian), علم اخلاق ('elm-e axlâq) (Persian), اصول اخلاق (osul-e axlâq) (Persian), etyka [feminine] (Polish), ética [feminine] (Portuguese), э́тика (étika) [feminine] (Russian), ѐтика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ètika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), etika [feminine] (Slovak), ética [feminine] (Spanish), etik [common-gender] (Swedish), palaasalan (Tagalog), dalub-asalan (Tagalog), dalubasalan (Tagalog), asalan (Tagalog), илми ахлоқ (ilmi axloq) (Tajik), одоб (odob) (Tajik), จริยธรรม (jà-rí-yá-tam) (Thai), จริยศาสตร์ (jà-rí-yá-sàat) (Thai), etik (Turkish), е́тика (étyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), luân lý học (alt: 倫理學) (Vietnamese), đạo đức học (alt: 道德學) (Vietnamese), עטיק (etik) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-ethics-en-noun-QgHMEfOR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 11 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 7 21 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'study of principles governing right and wrong conduct': 85 1 14
  2. Morality. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Directives, Ethics
    Sense id: en-ethics-en-noun-TUdDzvfy Disambiguation of Directives: 21 75 5 Disambiguation of Ethics: 0 100 0
  3. The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (standards of conduct): eties (Afrikaans), أَخْلَاق (ʔaḵlāq) (Arabic), أَدَب (ʔadab) [masculine] (Arabic), էթիկա (ētʿika) (Armenian), etika (Azerbaijani), э́тыка (étyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), আখলাক (akholak) (Bengali), е́тика (étika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ètica [feminine] (Catalan), 倫理 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 伦理 (lûn-lí) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 倫理 (Chinese Cantonese), 伦理 (leon⁴ lei⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 倫理 (Chinese Mandarin), 伦理 (lúnlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 道德 (dàodé) (Chinese Mandarin), etika [feminine] (Czech), zedenkunde [feminine] (Dutch), ethiek [feminine] (Dutch), etiikka (Finnish), moraali (Finnish), éthique [feminine] (French), Verhaltenskodex [masculine] (German), Ethik [feminine] (German), אֶתִיקָה [feminine] (Hebrew), eitic [feminine] (Irish), etica [feminine] (Italian), 倫理 (rinri) (alt: りんり) (Japanese), សីលធម៌ (səylaʼthɔə) (Khmer), 윤리 (yulli) (alt: 倫理) (Korean), 륜리 (ryulli) (alt: 倫理) [North-Korea] (Korean), ētika [feminine] (Latvian), етика (etika) [feminine] (Macedonian), matatika (Maori), tikanga matatika (Maori), etikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), etikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), اخلاق (axlâq) (Persian), ادب (adab) (Persian), ética [feminine] (Portuguese), э́тика (étika) [feminine] (Russian), ѐтика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ètika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), etika [feminine] (Slovak), ética [feminine] (Spanish), etik [common-gender] (Swedish), kaasalan (Tagalog), asalan (Tagalog), одоб (odob) (Tajik), ahlak (Turkish), е́тика (étyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), luân lý (alt: 倫理) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-ethics-en-noun-D-E3B4dd Disambiguation of 'standards of conduct': 26 4 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: moral philosophy Related terms: ethic, ethical, ethos, aretaics, etiquette

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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "etiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕilm al-ʔaḵlāq",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عِلْم الْأَخْلَاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "baroyagitutʿyun",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "բարոյագիտություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "etika"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "étyka",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "э́тыка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "akholak",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "আখলাক"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "nōitikota",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "নৈতিকতা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "étika",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "е́тика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ètica"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "倫理學"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "leon⁴ lei⁵ hok⁶",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "伦理学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "倫理學"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lúnlǐxué",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "伦理学"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etika"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "etik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zedenkunde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ethiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "eetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siðalæra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siðafrøði"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "etiikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "éthique"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "etiḳa",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "ეთიკა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ethik"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ithikí",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ηθική"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "etika"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "erkölcstan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "etika"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eitic"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りんりがく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rinrigaku",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "倫理学"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "étika",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "этика"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "səl vɨcciə",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "សីលវិជ្ជា"
    },
    {
      "alt": "倫理學",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yullihak",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "윤리학"
    },
    {
      "alt": "倫理學",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ryullihak",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "륜리학"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ētika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "etika",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "етика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "etika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "matatika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "etik",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "этик"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "falsafe-ye axlâq",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "فلسفه اخلاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'elm-e axlâq",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "علم اخلاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "osul-e axlâq",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "اصول اخلاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ética"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "étika",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "э́тика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ѐтика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ètika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ética"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "etik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "palaasalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "dalub-asalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "dalubasalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "asalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ilmi axloq",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "илми ахлоқ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "odob",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "одоб"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jà-rí-yá-tam",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "จริยธรรม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jà-rí-yá-sàat",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "จริยศาสตร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "etik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "étyka",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "е́тика"
    },
    {
      "alt": "倫理學",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "luân lý học"
    },
    {
      "alt": "道德學",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "word": "đạo đức học"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "etik",
      "sense": "study of principles governing right and wrong conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "עטיק"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "eties"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaḵlāq",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "أَخْلَاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔadab",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أَدَب"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ētʿika",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "էթիկա"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "etika"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "étyka",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "э́тыка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "akholak",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "আখলাক"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "étika",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "е́тика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ètica"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "倫理"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "leon⁴ lei⁵",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "伦理"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "倫理"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "lûn-lí",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "伦理"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "倫理"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lúnlǐ",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "伦理"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàodé",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "道德"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etika"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zedenkunde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ethiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "etiikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "moraali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "éthique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verhaltenskodex"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ethik"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אֶתִיקָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eitic"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りんり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rinri",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "倫理"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "səylaʼthɔə",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "សីលធម៌"
    },
    {
      "alt": "倫理",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yulli",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "윤리"
    },
    {
      "alt": "倫理",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ryulli",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "륜리"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ētika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "etika",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "етика"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "matatika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "tikanga matatika"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "etikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "axlâq",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "اخلاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "adab",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "ادب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ética"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "étika",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "э́тика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ѐтика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ètika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "etika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ética"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "etik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "kaasalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "asalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "odob",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "одоб"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "ahlak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "étyka",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "е́тика"
    },
    {
      "alt": "倫理",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "standards of conduct",
      "word": "luân lý"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ethics"
  ],
  "word": "ethics"
}

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