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ethos

ethos

1 6.6
The basic beliefs and values that guide a group or person
  • noun
  • /ˈiːθoʊs/
translation icon : ethos
  • Her personal ethos is based on honesty and integrity in all aspects of life.
  • the ethos of expectations
  • the ethos of male dominance
  • the ethos of gender

Do you think it's good to live life by the ethos of never Quit?

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Examples

  • I think patient centric care is really the ethos of primary care.

  • That's part of the ethos of the religion.

  • So those are your shop, your shop rules, your shop ethos that developed over time.

  • Do you think it's good to live life by the ethos of never Quit?

  • To respect this beautiful ethos, we have to tackle hate crime.

  • They will bring their culture, their ethos into the regular space.

  • The central ethos of all of improv is yes.

  • They took that culture, that ethos back to El Salvador in Central America.

  • Anti colonialism, anti imperialism is the ethos of the world at this point.

  • That's, that's, that's the ethos of, of the charity.

Synonyms

ethics
vsethos
584 4.2

Moral rules that tell people what is right and wrong and the study of those rules

focuses on cultural character and shared beliefs rather than academic study
philosophy
vsethos
514 4.4

A set of ideas that guide how a person or group acts

is more about a group's characteristic spirit and moral identity
orientation
vsethos
96 4.2

A person's set of beliefs or preferences that guide their actions

is the specific cultural spirit and moral guiding identity rather than general leaning
ethic
vsethos
79 4.4

A set of moral rules that guide how a person or group behaves

captures wider community spirit and values not only formal rules
values
vsethos
11 3.4

Ideas about what is important and how to behave

includes those standards but adds collective spirit and guiding beliefs
6.4

A person's or group's beliefs about right and wrong that guide their choices

is the broader cultural spirit and guiding beliefs beyond just moral rules

How Distinctive

ideology
277 6.3
creed
72 4.5
ethos
1 6.6
attitude
3.0
tone
497 3.5

Surface Forms

ethos singular
ethos plural

Etymology

Ethos comes from the Greek word ethos meaning 'custom' or 'character'. That's why ethos today means the spirit or guiding values of a person or group, and it is the same root as ethical and ethics, which are also about behaviour and values.