contraconscientiousadj.
rare.
= contra-conscient adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [adjective] > contrary to conscience
contra-conscient1618
contraconscientious1941
1941 Mind 50 56 The conscientious action..may always be better than the contra-conscientious even if it can never be right when the conscience is in error.
Derivatives
contraconsciˈentiously adv. against conscience.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unscrupulousness > [adverb]
unconsciencely?1449
unconscionably1583
consciencelesslya1603
inconscionably1634
contraconscientiously1648
unconscientiously1649
unscrupulously1833
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [adverb] > against conscience
contraconscientiously1648
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adverb] > unscrupulously > against conscience
contraconscientiously1648
1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος iv. 71 You dealt very contra-conscientiously to say so.
1649 J. Lightfoot Battle with Wasp's Nest in Wks. (1825) I. 422 He wickedly and, it is to be feared, contra-conscientiously wrests and wrings in John xiii.
1941 Mind 50 56 It is always better (although not necessarily right) for every man to act conscientiously than to act contra-conscientiously.
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