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noun

Ethos n.

The character, sentiment, or disposition of a community or people, considered as a natural endowment; the spirit which actuates manners and customs; also, the characteristic tone or genius of an institution or social organization.

(esthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character character as influenced by the ethos (sense 1) of a people rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.

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Etymology of 'Ethos'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ethos" Quotes from Famous Books

... E. IV. 23. 9-12; cf., above all, the words: [Greek: Ex arches humin ethos esti touto, pantas men adelphous poikios euergetein, ekklesiais te pollais tais kata pasan polin ephodia pempein ... patroparadoton ethos Rhomaion Romaioi diaphulattontes.] Note here the emphasis ...

— History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) • Adolph Harnack

Words linked to "Ethos" : attribute, anthropology