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aretegenic.

Conducive to or producing virtue.

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Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Conducive to or producing virtue.

Where this word comes from

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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