ETHICIST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A philosopher who specializes in ethics

Synonyms:

ethician; ethicist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ethicist" is a kind of...):

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Derivation:

ethicism (a doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important)

ethics (the philosophical study of moral values and rules)

ethics (motivation based on ideas of right and wrong)