Word Meaning 道徳的

どうとくてき doutokuteki

道徳的 is read as どうとくてき (doutokuteki) and means ethical.

Meaning

English

  1. ethical
  2. moral

Reading

Kana

どうとくてき

Romaji

doutokuteki

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 34 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 16948 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

道徳的証明

どうとくてきしょうめい

argument from morality (for the existence of God)

道徳的空白

どうとくてきくうはく

moral vacuum

道徳的危険

どうとくてききけん

moral hazard

非道徳的

ひどうとくてき

immoral

道義的

どうぎてき

moral

道徳

どうとく

morals

道義的責任

どうぎてきせきにん

moral obligation

道具的条件づけ

どうぐてきじょうけんづけ

instrumental conditioning

道徳上

どうとくじょう

morally

道徳学

どうとくがく

moral philosophy

道徳教育

どうとくきょういく

moral education

道徳主義

どうとくしゅぎ

moralism

Example Sentences

7

かれのこういはどうとくてきにゆるされるものではない。

his actions are not morally excusable.

It is still immoral.

The priest tried to improve the people's morals.

The priest tried to improve the people's morals.

My father was religious and he was a very moral man.

His actions are neither illegal nor entirely ethical, falling somewhere in a gray area.

It's not immoral for a novelist to tell lies. In fact, the bigger the lies, the better lies, and the more the common folks and critics will praise you.