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ethos

ethos

26 6.6
The basic beliefs and values that guide a group or person
  • noun
  • /ˈiːθoʊs/
: 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

philosophy
vsethos
387 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
ethics
vsethos
376 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
values
vsethos
188 3.4

Ideas about what is important and how to behave

includes those standards but adds collective spirit and guiding beliefs
orientation
vsethos
103 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
91 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
1 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
263 6.3
creed
45 4.5
ethos
26 6.6
attitude
∞ 3.0
tone
542 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.