cacoethics

noun
/ˌkakəʊˈɛθɪks/

Etymology

From caco- + ethics.

  1. derived from ἠθική
  2. derived from ethica
  3. derived from ethique
  4. inherited from etik
  5. prefixed as cacoethics — “caco + ethics

Definitions

  1. Bad ethics or morals

    Bad ethics or morals; bad habits.

    • 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.
    • In the ensuing clashes between nouveau-cons and their more or less double-crossed doppelgangers, taking the part of either is to administer the kiss of life to a dying tradition or breathing new life into cacoethics.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA