ethicality

[ eth-i-kal-i-tee ]

noun

1. the state or quality of being moral, in accordance with the standards of right and wrong:

   It is difficult to consider a company truly moral if it is only pursuing ethicality for reasons of self-interest.

2. the state or quality of being in accordance with standards for right conduct or practice, especially professional standards:

   The article provides a useful checklist with which researchers can evaluate the ethicality of their research designs and procedures.

Other Words From

• non·eth·i·cal·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ethicality¹

ethical ( def ) + -ity ( def )

Example Sentences

Reducing the ethicality of an app to its necessity, proportionality and sufficiency risks sidestepping fundamental debates on how to assess these features.

From Nature

As summer in the UK comes to a close, and fairground lovers make their last visits of the holiday season, some people have been reflecting on ethicality of the prizes on offer.

From BBC

One thing on which I rely, though, is on the professionalism, ethicality and decency of our armed forces.

From Fox News

The president-elect – just like the rest of us – may overestimate his own ethicality.

From Salon

Establishing appropriate governance for research in the life sciences is hard for everyone given globalization, the pace of technological advances, the complexity of domestic regulatory ecosystems and a growing international movement to make deregulated markets — not government officials or bioethicists — the arbiters of quality and ethicality.

From Nature