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    MORAL PRINCIPLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social groupplay

    Example:

    a person with old-fashioned values

    Synonyms:

    ethic; moral principle; value-system; value orientation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("moral principle" is a kind of...):

    principle (a rule or standard especially of good behavior)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moral principle"):

    Chartism (the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The principle that conduct should be moralplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("moral principle" is a kind of...):

    precept; principle (rule of personal conduct)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moral principle"):

    categorical imperative (the moral principle that behavior should be determined by duty)

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