the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
virtuousness
How to use virtuousness in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for virtuousness.
Editorial note
That's odd, I thought dollars were a unit of virtuousness.
Quick take
the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for virtuousness.
noun
the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
See also: virtue
Example sentences
That's odd, I thought dollars were a unit of virtuousness.
Being technically not provably guilty in a court of law is not exactly the peak of virtuousness.
The game of putting a lack of virtuousness on others and transferring responsibility to others for the tone is not negotiation.
There is a peculiar cultural issue where many Canadians think of work as being granted a job as a reward for their virtuousness instead of being part of a market.
"I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work.
I think many care about the evil they're complicit in in their every day working lives there, but they inherently choose the money over good and hence target their "goodness" on espousing their virtuousness on unrelated, seemingly utterly disconnected "issues" from what they're doing and supporting day-to-day.
By re-defining the term {sexism} so that it's only something that one particular gender does to another, they've eliminated by redefinition almost 50% of all {sexism}, converting whole categories of bigotry based on in-born characteristics into virtuousness.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use virtuousness in a sentence?
That's odd, I thought dollars were a unit of virtuousness.
What does virtuousness mean?
the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
What part of speech is virtuousness?
virtuousness is commonly used as noun.