ethicist

American

[eth-uh-sist] / ˈɛθ ə sɪst /

Also ethician

noun

a person who specializes in or writes on ethics or who is devoted to ethical principles.

Etymology

Origin of ethicist

First recorded in 1890–95; ethic + -ist

Example Sentences

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Dr. Dugdale is a physician and ethicist at Columbia University and the author of “The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

AI ethicist and author Olivia Gambelin told the BBC OpenAI limiting further use of Dr King's image was "a good step forward".

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

“Then, I just flopped back down on my back and experienced this overwhelming feeling of absolute bliss,” Leier, an ethicist at the University of Alberta in Canada, told Salon in a phone interview.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025

Our three leads have three different priorities: Arledge is the humanist; Bader, the ethicist; Mason, the visualist who wants the right images.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

With the purest intention he is much less of an ethicist than Kant.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe

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