English Explanatory Dictionary

aretegenic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Conducive to or producing virtue.

Word forms

aretegenic

Etymology

Coined by Episcopalian theologian Ellen T. Charry in 1997 in "By the Renewing of Your Minds" →ISBN. From Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ, “virtue”) and γεννάω (gennáō, “to beget”).

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