Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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utilitarianism | Yes | No | No | No |
philosophy | Yes | No | No | No |
utilitarianism (noun) | philosophy (noun) |
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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 | the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school | |
any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation |