Ethical Societyn.
/ˈɛθᵻkl səˌsʌɪəti/, U.S. /ˌɛθək(ə)l səˈsaɪədi/ 1. (The name of) any of various organizations concerned with the discussion or promotion of ethical conduct, esp. in a particular practice or profession. Now rare.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > other types of association, society, or organization
invisible college1647
rota1660
working party1744
free association1761
working committee1821
Ethical Society1822
bar association1824
league1846
congress1870
tiger1874
cult1875
Daughters of the American Revolution1890
community group1892
housing association1898
working party1902
development agency1910
affinity group1915
propaganda machine1916
funding body1922
collective1925
Ku-Klux1930
network1946
NGO1946
production brigade1950
umbrella organization1950
plantation1956
think-tank1958
think group1961
team1990
1822 Brit. Press 25 Feb. It has been judged in this Ethical Society [i.e. the Outinian Society] a good opportunity..to enable the fair sex to share like social advantages with our own.
1851 Provinc. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 15 327/1 He suggested that the Association should on similar occasions assume the duties of an Ethical Society.
1874 Monthly Homœopathic Rev. Jan. 7 The great ethical society of the profession lays down its code of laws.
1921 Dental Surgeon 19 Feb. 76/1 He suggests the present need of ‘a new ethical society which would find plenty of willing and acceptable members’.
2. spec. Originally: the Society for Ethical Culture in New York, formed to promote ethical living without reference to theology. Later: (the name of) any of the organizations belonging or affiliated to the movement which originated from this society.The Society for Ethical Culture was founded in 1876 by the German-born scholar and social reformer Felix Adler (1851–1933).
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > other specific associations or organizations
Tityre-tu1623
Peep o' Day Boys1780
law society1821
kongsi1839
B'nai B'rith1862
Molly Maguire1867
Kennel Club1874
Ethical Society1877
Kyrle Society1877
Molly1877
Sierra Club1891
subak1897
Workers' Educational Association1905
senior1906
W.E.A.1910
Lions Club1922
godless1927
F.P.A.a1940
Diners' Club1950
amnesty1961
Sealed Knot1971
Greenpeace1972
lions1972
Gaysoc1976
Group of Eight1977
Group of Seven1977
meeja1983
G71986
G81988
1877 Amer. Israelite 25 May 5/5 Last Sunday morning Prof. Felix Adler delivered his last lecture for the season... On this occasion the first anniversary of the Ethical Society was celebrated.
1884 Bibliotheca Sacra Jan. 33 There is nothing to be said here of so-called ethical societies, whether founded on the agnostic or evolutionary basis.
1893 F. Adler in Society for Ethical Culture 11 The Ethical Society of Berlin..has attained a membership of one thousand persons... In England,..the London Ethical Society with its two branches..represent essentially the same ideas as those for which we stand.
1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience iii. 57 Those various churches without a God which today are spreading through the world under the name of ethical societies.
1939 A. H. Dakin Man. Meas. i. 9 Regardless of theism or atheism or any other theories, members of the Ethical Societies seek the true, the beautiful, and the good, without leaning on theology.
2013 Observer (Nexis) 30 June (Review section) 28 I meet them both in the lobby of Conway Hall, the headquarters of the Ethical Society.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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