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--- Overview of noun ethics_

The noun ethics has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
                    
1. (1) ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality ::: (motivation based on ideas of right and wrong)
2. ethics, moral philosophy ::: (the philosophical study of moral values and rules)

--- Overview of noun ethic_

The noun ethic has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
                    
1. (2) ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation ::: (the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; "the Puritan ethic"; "a person with old-fashioned values")
2. ethic, ethical code ::: (a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct)




--- Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ethics_

2 senses of ethics                          

Sense 1
ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality
   => motivation, motive, need
     => psychological feature
       => abstraction, abstract entity
         => entity

Sense 2
ethics, moral philosophy
   => philosophy
     => humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
       => discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick
         => knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain
           => content, cognitive content, mental object
             => cognition, knowledge, noesis
               => psychological feature
                 => abstraction, abstract entity
                   => entity

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ethic_

2 senses of ethic                          

Sense 1
ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation
   => principle
     => value
       => ideal
         => idea, thought
           => content, cognitive content, mental object
             => cognition, knowledge, noesis
               => psychological feature
                 => abstraction, abstract entity
                   => entity

Sense 2
ethic, ethical code
   => system, system of rules
     => method
       => know-how
         => ability, power
           => cognition, knowledge, noesis
             => psychological feature
               => abstraction, abstract entity
                 => entity




--- Hyponyms of noun ethics_

2 senses of ethics                          

Sense 1
ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality
   => hedonism
   => conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong
   => Inner Light, Light, Light Within, Christ Within

Sense 2
ethics, moral philosophy
   => bioethics
   => casuistry
   => eudemonism, endaemonism
   => hedonism

Hyponyms of noun ethic_

2 senses of ethic                          

Sense 1
ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation
   => Chartism

Sense 2
ethic, ethical code
   => double standard




--- Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ethics_

2 senses of ethics                          

Sense 1
ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality
   => motivation, motive, need

Sense 2
ethics, moral philosophy
   => philosophy

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ethic_

2 senses of ethic                          

Sense 1
ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation
   => principle

Sense 2
ethic, ethical code
   => system, system of rules










--- Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun ethics_

2 senses of ethics                          

Sense 1
ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality
  -> motivation, motive, need
   => life
   => rational motive
   => irrational motive
   => urge, impulse
   => ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality
   => psychic energy, mental energy

Sense 2
ethics, moral philosophy
  -> philosophy
   => ethics, moral philosophy
   => etiology, aetiology
   => aesthetics, esthetics
   => axiology
   => jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy
   => metaphysics
   => dialectic
   => logic
   => epistemology
   => transcendentalism, transcendental philosophy

Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun ethic_

2 senses of ethic                          

Sense 1
ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation
  -> principle
   => accounting principle, accounting standard
   => chivalry, knightliness
   => ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation
   => Hellenism
   => legal principle, judicial principle, judicial doctrine
   => scruple

Sense 2
ethic, ethical code
  -> system, system of rules
   => accounting
   => discipline
   => frame of reference, frame
   => gambling system
   => government
   => honor system
   => logic, logical system, system of logic
   => merit system
   => point system
   => spoils system
   => organon
   => program, programme
   => theosophy
   => anthroposophy
   => logic
   => theology, theological system
   => ethic, ethical code










--- Grep of noun ethics_
ethics committee
ethics panel