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单词 ethos
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
e•thos  thos, ēthōs, ethos, -ōs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Sociologythe 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.
  2. Sociologythe character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc.
  3. Literaturethe moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character's action rather than his or her thought or emotion.
  • Greek: custom, habit, character
  • 1850–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ethos /ˈiːθɒs/ n
  1. the distinctive character, spirit, and attitudes of a people, culture, era, etc: the revolutionary ethos
Etymology: 19th Century: from Late Latin: habit, from Greek
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