单词 | de-ethicize |
释义 | de-ethicizev. transitive. To deprive of its ethical character; to separate from ethics. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > deprive of ethical character de-ethicize1887 1887 W. B. Carpenter Permanent Elem. Relig. (1891) v. §2. 188 Religionism is the shadow of religion..its effect is to de-ethicize religion. 1890 W. S. Lilly Right & Wrong The newspaper press..has done more than any thing else to de-ethicise public life. Derivatives de-ethiciˈzation n. ΚΠ 1893 A. M. Fairbairn Place Christ in Mod. Theol. 405 The invariable tendency in Metaphysics is to the de-ethicization of deity. de-ˈethicized adj. de-ˈethicizing n. ΚΠ 1890 Guardian 30 Apr. 711/3 Suspicion of that demoralising (or de-ethicising) tendency. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1887 |
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