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ethos

noun
/ˈiːθɒs/UK/ˈiθɑs/US

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos, “character; custom, habit”). Cognate to Sanskrit स्वधा (svadhā́, “habit, custom”).

  1. derived from स्वधा — “habit, custom”
  2. derived from ἦθος — “character; custom, habit”

Definitions

  1. The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.

  2. A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or…

    A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct.

  3. The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by…

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

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for ethos. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA