Puritan ethic

Puritan ethic

Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов. - М.: "Республика". . 2004.

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  • Puritan ethic — n. WORK ETHIC: also Puritan work ethic * * * …   Universalium

  • Puritan ethic — n. WORK ETHIC: also Puritan work ethic …   English World dictionary

  • Puritan ethic. — See work ethic. Also called Puritan work ethic. [1970 75] * * * …   Universalium

  • Puritan ethic. — See work ethic. Also called Puritan work ethic. [1970 75] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Puritan ethic — Pu′ritan eth′ic n. prt work ethic Also called Pu′ritan work′ eth ic …   From formal English to slang

  • ethic — eth ic ([e^]th [i^]k), n. 1. the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; as, the Puritan ethic. [WordNet sense 1] Syn: moral principle, value system, value orientation. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a system of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ethic — [ ɛθɪk] noun a set of moral principles: the puritan ethic. Origin ME: from OFr. éthique, from L. ethice, from Gk (hē) ēthikē (tekhnē) (the science of) morals , based on ēthos (see ethos) …   English new terms dictionary

  • ethic — /ˈɛθɪk/ (say ethik) adjective 1. relating to morals; ethical. –noun 2. Rare → ethics. 3. an overall emphasis on moral matters: the puritan ethic. {Latin ēthicus, from Greek ēthikos of morals, moral} …  

  • Puritan — 1560s, opponent of Anglican hierarchy, later applied opprobriously to person in Church of England who seeks further reformation (1570s), probably from PURITY (Cf. purity). What [William] Perkins, and the whole Puritan movement after him, sought… …   Etymology dictionary

  • puritan — pu|ri|tan [ˈpjuərıtən US ˈpjur ] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: puritas purity , from Latin purus; PURE] 1.) someone with strict moral views who thinks that pleasure is unnecessary and wrong 2.) Puritan a member of a Protestant… …   Dictionary of contemporary English


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