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Definition and Synonyms for 良心
1. | 善心 | 自分自身の正しい行為の感覚との適合性 |
Conscience | conformity to one's own sense of right conduct | |
Synonyms: | 善心, 本心, 良心 | |
2. | 道徳感覚 | 人の考えや行動を支配する倫理的・道徳的原則に論理的に由来する動機づけ |
Scruples | motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions | |
Synonyms: | モラルセンス, 善心, 徳義心, 良心, 道徳心, 道徳意識, 道徳感覚, 道徳観念, 道心, 道念, 道義心 |
Meanings for each kanji in 良心
» | 良 | good; pleasing; skilled |
» | 心 | heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) |
Categories 良心 is a member of
1. | モラリティー | 善と悪または正と誤りの間の区別に関する |
Morality | concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong | |
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2. | 道徳 | 善悪の考えに基づく動機づけ |
Ethics | motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | |
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Sample Sentences for 良心
良心を欠いた学問は魂の廃墟以外のなにものでもない。
Science without conscience is only the ruin of the soul.
生まれてはじめて良心の呵責を感じましたが、そうする以外にその場をしのぐ方法はありませんでした。
For the first time in my life, I felt a pang of conscience, but there was no other way out.
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