From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], [en], from [en], from [en], from [la]. equivalent to [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
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1. [en] Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong ; respect for and obedience to the rule s of right conduct ; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intend ed to produce morally good result s.
2. * [passage=Without MORALITY , intellect were impossible for him; a thoroughly immoral _man_ could not know anything at all! To know a thing, what we can call knowing, a man must first _love_ the thing, sympathize with it: that is, be _virtuously_ related to it.]
3. * [chapter=Characters]
4. * [en]
5. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=30 Apr 1965 | title=King Moves North | titleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523092833/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,898653,00.html | journal=Time
|passage=It may be true that you cannot legislate MORALITY, but behavior can
be regulated.}}
1. [en] A set of social rules, custom s, traditions , belief s, or practice s which specify proper , acceptable forms of conduct.
2. * [page=173]
3. * [en]
4. [en] A set of personal guiding principle s for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not.
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. [en] A lesson or pronouncement which contains advice about proper behavior.
8. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1824 | author=w:Sir Walter Scott | title=St. Ronan's Well | chapter=16
|passage="She had done her duty"—"she left the matter to them that had a
charge anent such things"—and "Providence would bring the mystery to light in
his own fitting time"—such were the MORALITIES with which the good dame
consoled herself.}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] A morality play .
3. * {{ quote-book | en
|year=1862 |author=w:George Borrow |title=w:Wild Wales |passage=The MORALITIES
displayed something more of art and invention than the Mysteries; in them
virtues, vices and qualities were personified, and something like a plot was
frequently to be discovered.}}
1. [en] Moral philosophy , the branch of philosophy which studies the ground s and nature of rightness , wrongness , good, and evil.
2. * [en]
3. [en] A particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
4. * [en]
**** Usage notes
- Although the terms _morality_ and _ethics_ may sometimes be used interchangeably, philosophical ethicists often distinguish them, using _morality_ and its related terms to refer to actual, real-world beliefs and practices concerning proper conduct, and using _ethics_ to refer to theories and conceptual studies relating to good and evil and right and wrong. In this vein, the American philosopher 吴语: Brand Blanshard wrote concerning his friend, the eminent British ethicist 吴语: George Edward Moore : "We often discussed ethics, but seldom morals. . . . He was a master in ethical theory, but did not conceive himself as specially qualified to pass opinions on politics or social issues." [1]
**** Synonyms
- [recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en]
- [personal guiding principles] [en]
- [set of customs, traditions, rules of conduct] [en] s, morals , mores
- [lesson or pronouncement which contains advice] [en]
- [branch of philosophy] [en] , [en]
- [particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, etc.] [en] , [en]
**** Antonyms
- [recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct] [en] , [en]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
{{col|en |moral |morale |moralise,moralize |moralism |morals |mores }}
**** Translations
[recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn] , [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
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- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix]
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- Korean: [ko]
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky]
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- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
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- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms]
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- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
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- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
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- Uyghur: [ug]
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- Vietnamese: [vi]
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[personal guiding principles]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Turkish: [tr]
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[set of customs, traditions, rules of conduct]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
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[lesson or pronouncement]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- Latvian: [lv]
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[branch of philosophy]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Greek: [el]
- Russian: [ru]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
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[particular theory]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
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- Albanian: [sq]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka] (morali)
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
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**** Further reading
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]
- [R:OneLook]
*** References
References:
[1]. 吴语: Paul Arthur Schilpp , ed., _The Philosophy of Brand Blanshard_ , Library of Living Philosophers, [0875483496] , "Autobiography", p. 85.
*** Anagrams
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