ethos

e·thos  (ths)

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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[Greek thos, character; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

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ethos [ˈiːθɒs]

n

(Sociology) the distinctive character, spirit, and attitudes of a people, culture, era, etc. the revolutionary ethos

[from Late Latin: habit, from Greek]

Thesaurus

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

Translations

ethos [ˈiːθɒs] N [of culture, group] → espíritu m, escala f de valores

ethos [ˈiːθɒs] n → philosophie f
ethyl alcohol [ˌiːθaɪlˈælkəhɒl] n (= ethanol) → alcool m éthylique

ethos

n → Gesinnung f, → Ethos nt

ethos [ˈiːθɒs] n (of culture, group) → ethos m, norma di vita