Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metaethic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: metaeth-ic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A theory of metaethics.

Example Sentences

"Now Olafson points out, rightly I think, that the nonnaturalist or objectivist metaethic offers an account of ultimate moral disagreement which is much closer to what is commonly believed or implicitly assumed in ordinary life."

Etymology

From meta- + ethic.

Inflected Forms

metaethics (plural)

Questions

What does metaethic mean?: A theory of metaethics.
Where does metaethic come from?: From meta- + ethic.

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