de-ethicizev.
transitive. To deprive of its ethical character; to separate from ethics.
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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.
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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.
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1890 Guardian 30 Apr. 711/3 Suspicion of that demoralising (or de-ethicising) tendency.
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