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ethos

[ ee-thos, ee-thohs, eth-os, -ohs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
In the Greek ethos the individual was highly valued.
the character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc.
the moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character's action rather than their thought or emotion.

ethos

/ ˈiːθɒs /

the distinctive character, spirit, and attitudes of a people, culture, era, etc
the revolutionary ethos

Origin of ethos¹

First recorded in 1850–55; from Latin ēthos “character, portrayal of character,” from Greek êthos “custom, habit, disposition character”

Origin of ethos¹

C19: from Late Latin: habit, from Greek

When Cocker took on board the black American ethos, he turned it into something completely different.

The best, or at least most successful, are bridging the gap between punk-rock DIY ethos and social-media savvy.

But very little of the ISIS ethos has to do with hitting the Freedom Tower or the Capitol Dome.

The emphasis on freshness and simplicity laid forth by the governmental guidelines is in line with his cooking ethos.

More importantly, the evangelistic ethos is supposed to infuse everyday life.

For in the view of those who distinguish harmonia from tonos it is the harmonia upon which the ethos of music depends.

These moveable notes, then, give an ethos to the music because they determine the genus of the scale.

"Ethics" were things which pertained to the ethos and therefore the things which were the37 standard of right.

By virtue of the latter element the mores are traits in the specific character (ethos) of a society or a period.

In the war with Russia, in 1904, this people showed what a group is capable of when it has a strong ethos.

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