Cacoethics
//ˌkakəʊˈɛθɪks// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Bad ethics or morals; bad habits. uncountable
"The correspondence appears to have begun in one of the endless foolishnesses about contemporary novel-writing which appear to beguile the leisure of so many of our modern Cacoëthics."
Example
More examples"The correspondence appears to have begun in one of the endless foolishnesses about contemporary novel-writing which appear to beguile the leisure of so many of our modern Cacoëthics."
Etymology
From caco- + ethics.
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