Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The greatest or supreme good.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The chief or highest good.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Philos.) The supreme or highest good, -- referring to the object of human life.

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  • noun philosophy The greatest good; the ultimate importance, the singular and most ultimate end which human beings ought to pursue.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the supreme good in which all moral values are included or from which they are derived

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin : summum, neuter of summus, highest + bonum, good.]

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From medieval philosophy; Latin for the highest good.

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