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{
"term": "ethical",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with beliefs and principles about what is right and wrong",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**ethical issues/standards/questions/dilemmas**"
},
{
"text": "the ethical problems of human embryo research"
},
{
"text": "She objected on purely ethical grounds."
},
{
"text": "Doctors were expected to draw up ethical guidelines regarding relationships with patients."
},
{
"text": "Our overseas suppliers are obliged to comply with certain ethical principles."
},
{
"text": "There's an overwhelming ethical argument for the protection of the environment."
},
{
"text": "What kind of ethical and political values underpin our society?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "morally correct or acceptable",
"sensetop": "it is ethical to do somethingit is ethical for somebody to do something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Is it ethical to keep animals in zoos?",
"contextForm": "it is ethical to do something"
},
{
"text": "It would have been more ethical for him to resign.",
"contextForm": "it is ethical for somebody to do something"
},
{
"text": "**ethical investment** *(= investing money in businesses that are considered morally acceptable)*"
},
{
"text": "I don't consider the arms trade to be an ethical one."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeθɪkl/",
"audio": "et/ethical/ethical__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈeθɪkl/",
"audio": "et/ethical/ethical__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}