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adjective
- 1. having or showing high moral standards: "she considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked"
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Virtuous definition: conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright. See examples of VIRTUOUS used in a sentence.
A virtue (Latin: virtus) is a trait of excellence, including traits that may be moral, social, or intellectual. The cultivation and refinement of virtue is held to be the " good of humanity" and thus is valued as an end purpose of life or a foundational principle of being.
Virtue ethics (also aretaic ethics, from Greek ἀρετή ) is an approach that treats virtue and character as the primary subjects of ethics, in contrast to other ethical systems that put consequences of voluntary acts, principles or rules of conduct, or obedience to divine authority in the primary role.
Definition of virtuous adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Virtue ethics is a philosophy developed by Aristotle and other ancient Greeks. It is the quest to understand and live a life of moral character. This character-based approach to morality assumes that we acquire virtue through practice.
virtuous meaning: behaving in a good and moral way. Learn more.
virtuous meaning, definition, what is virtuous: behaving in a very honest and moral way...: Learn more.
