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Found 1 definition: ethic.

Pos: Adjective, Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun ethic has 2 senses

1. ethic(n = noun.cognition) moral principle, value orientation, value-system - 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"
is a kind of principle
has particulars: chartism

2. ethic(n = noun.communication) ethical code - a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct;
is a kind of system, system of rules
has parts: precept, principle
has particulars: double standard

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

ethic, a. [L. ethicus, Gr. , fr. custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to custom, Goth. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh to set: cf. F. éthique. See So, Do.].

Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy. [1913 Webster]
"The ethical meaning of the miracles." [1913 Webster]

Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?

ethic, n.

1. the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; as, the Puritan ethic. [WordNet 1.5]

2. a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct. [WordNet 1.5]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

ethic, n. & adj.
--n. a set of moral principles (the Quaker ethic).
--adj. = ETHICAL.

Etymology:
ME f. OF {eacute}thique or L ethicus f. Gk ethikos (as ETHOS)