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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•thos (ē′thos, ē′thōs, eth′os, -ōs),USA pronunciation n. - 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. - Sociologythe character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc.
- 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 - the distinctive character, spirit, and attitudes of a people, culture, era, etc: the revolutionary ethos
Etymology: 19th Century: from Late Latin: habit, from Greek |