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Utilitarianism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Utilitarianism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number

2

A system of ethics based on the premise that something's value may be measured by its usefulness.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
doctrine
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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