moral high ground en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌmɔɹəl ˈhaɪ ɡɹaʊnd/ (US)
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) A position or point of view which is ethically superior or more reputable, in comparison to others which are under consideration.
Her legitimacy (as the leader of the party that won the 1990 general election), integrity and stoic acceptance of house arrest enable her to occupy the moral high ground.
2002 May 6, Robert Horn, “The Next Face-Off”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2010:Sara Jacobs, a California Democrat on the House armed services committee, said the US should not “cede the moral high ground”.
2023 July 8, Sara Jacobs, quotee, “Biden approves cluster bombs for Ukraine”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:
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Translations (5)
fi hurskasteleva näkökanta (A position or point of view) · cmn 道德高地 (A position or point of view) · fi korkeamoraalinen näkökanta (A position or point of view) · pl wyższość moralna (A position or point of view) · cmn 道德制高點 /道德制高点 (A position or point of view)