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Moral Principle

Definition: Moral Principle

Moral Principle

Noun

1. 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. The principle that conduct should be moral.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Moral Principle

Synonyms: ethic (n), value orientation (n), value-system (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Moral Principle

English words defined with "moral principle": categorical imperativescruple. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Moral Principle

DomainTitle

Books

  • Letters addressed to the daughter of a nobleman, on the formation of the religious and the moral principle (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Moral Principle

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Economic History

Korea

However, some companies have strictly limited themselves to legal battles based on moral principle; in either case, good legal counsel is an absolute must. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Moral Principle

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Bush

1989-1993America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Moral Principle

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

moral principle

8
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Anagrams: Moral Principle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-l-m-n-o-p-p-r-r"

-3 letters: pilocarpine.

-4 letters: complainer, proclaimer.

-5 letters: collinear, coralline, empirical, piperonal, polemical, policeman, porcelain, principal, principle, prolamine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Moral Principle


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 6F 72 61 6C      50 72 69 6E 63 69 70 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01101111 01110010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010000 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100011 01101001 01110000 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#111 &#114 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#80 &#114 &#105 &#110 &#99 &#105 &#112 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 006F 0072 0061 006C      0050 0072 0069 006E 0063 0069 0070 006C 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47818467782508475806975827871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Quotations: Speeches
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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