mores

Examples

• All

• In many communities, strict mores govern the behavior of individuals, dictating what is considered acceptable.

• Understanding the mores of a society is crucial for anyone looking to integrate into that community.

• Now I've just about settled on Mores, as you probably noticed.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Heck, they could wrap him in plastic and sell him beside the Oh Henry and Eat Mores.

  Blog text (2)

• However, since the intervention, 90% of the first graders are able to read on or above grade level (Mores, 2001), predicting continued success throughout their school years and a higher percentage of high school graduates.

  Academic text (2012)

• The Rigid Sexual Mores Differentiating Genders (RSMDG) NSBC component encourages women to act the coquette.

  Academic text (2014)

Synonyms

T

tradition

vsmores

∞ 2.0

A custom or belief passed down in families and groups over time

covers customary moral attitudes even when not inherited over long time

C

custom

vsmores

148 1.3

A usual way of behaving in a society, often passed down from the past

includes moral attitudes as well as these behaviour practices

C

convention

vsmores

106 3.9

A usual way of behaving that most people in a group follow

focuses more on traditional moral attitudes than on formal rules

M

morals

vsmores

1 2.3

Ideas about what is right and wrong that guide how people behave

emphasises community practices and attitudes alongside these ethical principles

M

moeurs

vsmores

9.9

The usual customs and moral habits of a society or group

is the same idea but presented as a traditional English term

Surface Forms

Etymology