Timeline for Is there a single-word adjective for "having exceptionally strong moral principles"?
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| Mar 11, 2023 at 11:08 | vote | accept | Mitsuko | ||
| Mar 6, 2023 at 20:26 | answer | added | Tomachi | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 5, 2023 at 6:08 | answer | added | BVinNV | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 5, 2023 at 2:07 | answer | added | ktm5124 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 5, 2023 at 0:12 | answer | added | bandybabboon | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 4, 2023 at 23:00 | answer | added | Matthias | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 4, 2023 at 18:11 | answer | added | Trunk | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 4, 2023 at 16:52 | comment | added | jsw29 | While the answers below offer several good suggestions, which may work in some contexts, the best way to convey the idea precisely, and minimise the likelihood of misunderstanding, is to not insist on a single word, but instead describe at some length what one has in mind (e.g. fully committed to her moral principles). | |
| Mar 4, 2023 at 13:19 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | @rhetorician - Yes, I thought of highly at first, but when I looked it up I found more instances of high-principled. | |
| Mar 4, 2023 at 3:43 | answer | added | CloudEmber | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 4, 2023 at 3:22 | answer | added | Tinfoil Hat | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 4, 2023 at 3:09 | answer | added | JK2 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Mar 4, 2023 at 2:03 | answer | added | DjinTonic | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 4, 2023 at 1:47 | comment | added | Mazura | their own person : "Independent in action or thought; not accepting or swayed by outside influences" ... which is as 'moral' as a person can get IMO. | |
| Mar 4, 2023 at 1:44 | comment | added | Mazura | A professor that puts their name last instead of first, when that goes against the social norm, is simply their own person.... principles : "a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning." morals : "a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do." .... When you've got a single word for both Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer and homie-don't-play-that lemme know. | |
| Mar 4, 2023 at 1:29 | comment | added | Mazura | "The adjective hoity-toity started out meaning "riotous behavior" in the 1660s. By the late 1800s it had gained its modern meaning, probably out of similarity to the word "haughty."" | |
| Mar 4, 2023 at 1:24 | answer | added | Daniel R. Collins | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 22:28 | comment | added | jsw29 | @YosefBaskin, yes, and that is true of several of the words that have been offered on this page: they are, among the present-day English speakers often used ironically, and to express a subtle criticism of the person's self-righteousness, rather than praise. If one wants to use them as genuine commendations (which is what, taken literally, they are), one has to be very sure that the context and the tone of voice make it clear that this is what is intended. The words for specific moral qualities (e.g. just, truthful) are less likely to cause such problems. | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 22:19 | answer | added | eltomito | timeline score: 43 | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 22:08 | comment | added | Stuart F | Lots of good words here: thesaurus.com/browse/principled | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 21:49 | answer | added | LeopardShark | timeline score: 32 | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 21:26 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Mar 3, 2023 at 18:04 | answer | added | alphabet | timeline score: 13 | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 17:17 | comment | added | rhetorician | I suggest "highly principled." | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 16:32 | comment | added | GEdgar | @KateBunting I would say principled by itself will do. | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 15:32 | answer | added | Heartspring | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 14:54 | history | edited | Weather Vane | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Edited 'either' applied to three qualities.
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| Mar 3, 2023 at 14:25 | answer | added | bookmanu | timeline score: 26 | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 14:12 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | If a hyphenated word will do, high-principled. | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 14:05 | answer | added | TaliesinMerlin | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 13:51 | comment | added | Yosef Baskin | One difficulty, beyond the plain word moral, is the preachy quality that some "very moral" folks have, like being puritanical (not a compliment). | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 13:43 | comment | added | Mitsuko | @Heartspring Thanks, I've edited the title | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 13:43 | history | edited | Mitsuko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 5 characters in body; edited title
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| Mar 3, 2023 at 13:34 | comment | added | Heartspring | Integrity is by definition genuine; it needn't be qualified. | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 13:24 | history | asked | Mitsuko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |