{
    "term": "ethic",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "moral principles that control or influence a person’s behaviour",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**professional/business/medical ethics**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to draw up a **code of ethics**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He began to question the ethics of his position."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a system of moral principles or rules of behaviour",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The ethic of personal achievement is very strong in Western societies."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the branch of philosophy that deals with moral principles",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeθɪk/",
                "audio": "et/ethic/ethic__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈeθɪk/",
                "audio": "et/ethic/ethic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting ethics or moral philosophy; also used attributively): from Old French éthique, from Latin ethice, from Greek (hē) ēthikē (tekhnē) ‘(the science of) morals’, based on ēthos ‘nature, disposition’, (plural) ‘customs’."
}