summum bonum

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

   Broadergood

Questions about summum bonum

What does summum bonum mean?

summum bonum means "the supreme good in which all moral values are included or from which they are derived".

Is summum bonum a common word?

summum bonum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.