Cacoethics

//ˌkakəʊˈɛθɪks// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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