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superethical

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

More than ethical; above ethics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a. 1751, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, an essay Moral theology, which contains a superethical doctrine, as grave divines have ridiculously called it, rendered the system of ethics in the writings of the ancient fathers [...] more confused [...]

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History

Etymology

From super- + ethical.