ethos
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e·thos
(ē′thŏs′)n.
The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement: "They cultivated a subversive alternative ethos" (Anthony Burgess).
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ethos
(ˈiːθɒs)n
(Sociology) the distinctive character, spirit, and attitudes of a people, culture, era, etc: the revolutionary ethos.
[C19: from Late Latin: habit, from Greek]
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e•thos
(ˈi θɒs, ˈi θoʊs, ˈɛθ ɒs, -oʊs)n.
1. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society.
2. the distinguishing character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc.
3. the moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character's action or behavior.
[1850–55; < Greek: custom, habit, character]
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| Noun | 1. | ethos - (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos" attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity anthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings |
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ethos
noun spirit, character, attitude, beliefs, ethic, tenor, disposition the whole British public school ethos
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ethos
nounThe thought processes characteristic of an individual or group:
Idiom: what makes someone tick.
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