cacoethics
noun/ˌkakəʊˈɛθɪks/
Etymology From caco- + ethics.
1
Bad ethics or morals; bad habits.
- The correspondence appears to have begun in one of the endless foolishnesses about contemporary novel-writing which appear to beguile the leisure of so many of our modern Cacoëthics.1885, Punch, volumes 88–89, →OCLC, page 1:
- In the ensuing clashes between nouveau-cons and their more or less double-crossed doppelgangers, taking the part of either is to administer the kiss of life to a dying tradition or breathing new life into cacoethics.2014 March 3, M. F. Dail, Limbodeswills Wain, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN: