MORAL PRINCIPLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group
   Synonym(s)
   • ethic (what does ethic mean?)
   • value-system (what does value-system mean?)
   • value orientation (what does value orientation mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the Puritan ethic
   • a person with old-fashioned values
   Hypernyms(s) moral principle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • principle (what does principle mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Chartism (what does Chartism mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the principle that conduct should be moral
   Hypernyms(s) moral principle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • principle (what does principle mean?)
   • precept (what does precept mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • categorical imperative (what does categorical imperative mean?)