moral excellence
- noun
- /ˈmɔrəl ˈɛksələns/
:
excelencia moral
- And it's going to make a reference to the goodness or the virtue, the arete, the moral excellence of love.
Examples
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The challenge, then, is to find a way to educate the gifted toward moral excellence.
Academic text (1991) -
At its root, character is defined as moral excellence and firmness.
Academic text (2000) -
This information was written at a time of moral excellence in comparison to where we are today.
Blog text (15) -
Now let's think about moral excellence, let's think about integrity, let's think about leadership, doing the right things right, so it's the "Boss" my approach, yes, mine; only you can make the choice.
Blog text (12) -
Virtue: moral excellence and righteousness; goodness; chastity, especially of a girl or woman; a particularly efficacious good or beneficial quality.
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While on the one hand, Matthew and James put a great premium on the law of Moses, Titus and Timothy emphasize a need for moral excellence on the other hand.
Academic text (2018) -
Rather than criteria for the just use of violence, the Confucian focus is on developing a strategy for peace that has moral excellence, benevolent government, and an emphasis on ritual propriety as its root.
Academic text (2016) -
Kantians who value a fairly dour conception of individual autonomy can agree with Millians who believe in experimental forms of individual moral excellence that liberal education is the best path.
Academic text (1991) -
The Aristotle that inspires us is properly identified with his insight that human beings are curious, that they have a natural desire to know, that intellectual and moral excellence are to be pursued, where understanding is valued, and to be human is consequent to living in a society.
Academic text (2002) -
The community values moral excellence, encouraging everyone to act with integrity and kindness.
Synonyms
259
3.8
A good personal quality like honesty or kindness
159
6.1
Actions or qualities that are right and help others
83
6.5
Being good and fair in how you act
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1.0
Kind, honest, and fair behaviour in a person
6
5.1
A state of being morally good and fair in actions
1
6.9
Being honest and doing what is right
A quality of being honest and fair that earns respect
Antonyms
How Virtuous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derived from combining 'moral' (relating to ethics/right behavior) with 'excellence' (exceptional quality), i.e. exceptional ethical quality or virtue. This is a straightforward compositional phrase and follows common modifier+noun logic found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Moral excellence creates a clear picture: moral means doing what is 'right' and excellence gives the idea of being above others for being the best. So the phrase describes a person or quality that always tries to do what is right.