Home › Words › E › ethicologyethicologyethicology means the study of ethics.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, ethicology ranks #40,368 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom ethic + -ology.nounThe study of ethics.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ethical 74% match — Of or relating to the study of ethics. vs ethicology →ethic 74% match — Moral, relating to morals. vs ethicology →ethicistic 73% match — Of or related to ethicism. vs ethicology →ecoethology 73% match — The study of the relationship between the behaviour of animals and their environments. vs ethicology →ethicism 70% match — The application of ethics. vs ethicology →ethicist 70% match — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct). vs ethicology →ethologic 69% match — Ethological. vs ethicology →ethography 68% match — The study and recording of moral behaviour and human manners vs ethicology →