eidos

[ahy-dos, ey-]

ei·dos

[ahy-dos, ey-]
noun, plural ei·de [ahy-dee, ey-dey] .
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.

Origin:
< Greek eîdos something seen, form; akin to Greek ideîn, Latin vidēre to see; see wit2
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Eidos is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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eidos

noun
(anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group 
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