Definition
A philosophical or ethical system based on the principle of goodness or the good.
Etymology
From Latin bonus (good) plus the suffix -ism (indicating a belief system or philosophy). This is an extremely rare philosophical term.
Kelly Says
This word barely exists outside philosophy dictionaries—we use 'virtue ethics' or 'ethical egoism' instead. It shows how new philosophical terminology struggles when it arrives too late, after other schools of thought have already claimed the conceptual space.
Translations
ARالعربية
بونيزم
bo-ni-zm
CACatalà
bonisme
bo-ni-zhm
CSČeština
bonismus
bo-ni-muhs
DADansk
bonisme
bo-ni-sme
DEDeutsch
Bonismus
bo-ni-muhs
ELΕλληνικά
μπονισμός
mop-ni-smo
ESEspañol
bonismo
bo-nee-smo
FISuomi
bonismi
bo-ni-smi
FRFrançais
bonisme
bo-ni-zhm
HIहिन्दी
बोनिवाद
bo-ni-vaad
HUMagyar
bonizmus
bo-ni-mo-rus
IDBahasa Indonesia
bonisme
bo-ni-sme
ITItaliano
bonismo
bo-ni-smo
MSBahasa Melayu
bonisme
bo-ni-sme
MYမြန်မာ
ပုန်းနိစမ်
po-ne-ni-sam
NLNederlands
bonisme
bo-ni-sme
NONorsk
bonisme
bo-ni-sme
PTPortuguês
bonismo
bo-ni-smo
SWKiswahili
bonism
bo-nizm
TAதமிழ்
போனிசம்
po-ni-sam
TEతెలుగు
బోనిసము
bo-ni-samu
UKУкраїнська
бонізм
bo-nizm
VITiếng Việt
bonism
bo-nizm