cardinal virtue
Example Sentences
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Within a year of each other, Joseph Schumpeter coined the term "Ricardian vice," which you mentioned earlier, and Milton Friedman launched his campaign to revive it as a cardinal virtue.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2025
Doubt is a cardinal virtue in the sciences, which advance through skeptics’ willingness to question the experts.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2020
Truth was the cardinal virtue of Zoroastrianism, with lying being synonymous with evil.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Variety is its cardinal virtue, seasoned with the element of surprise.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2014
Kambira was naturally anxious to remain, but like all commanding spirits, he had long ago learned that cardinal virtue, “obedience to whom obedience is due.”
From Black Ivory by Pearson, Francis B.
