'Ethos' definitions:
Definition of 'ethos'
From: WordNet
noun
(anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos"
Definition of 'Ethos'
From: GCIDE
- Ethos \E"thos\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? character. See Ethic.]
- 1. 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. (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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'ethos'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acculturation,
- assumption,
- attitude,
- axiology,
- behavioral norm,
- body of ideas,
- body-build,
- brand,
- business ethics,
- cast,
- character,
- characteristic,
- characteristics,
- civilization,
- climate,
- climate of opinion,
- code,
- code of ethics,
- code of morals,
- common belief,
- community sentiment,
- complex,
- complexion,
- composition,
- conceit,
- concept,
- conception,
- conclusion,
- consensus gentium,
- consideration,
- constituents,
- constitution,
- crasis,
- cultural drift,
- culture,
- culture area,
- culture center,
- culture complex,
- culture conflict,
- culture contact,
- culture pattern,
- culture trait,
- decalogue,
- dharma,
- diathesis,
- disposition,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- ethic,
- ethical system,
- ethics,
- eye,
- feeling,
- fiber,
- folkways,
- frame,
- general belief,
- genius,
- grain,
- habit,
- hue,
- humor,
- humors,
- idea,
- ideology,
- ilk,
- impression,
- intellectual climate,
- judgment,
- key trait,
- kind,
- legal ethics,
- lights,
- makeup,
- medical ethics,
- mind,
- mold,
- moral climate,
- moral code,
- moral principles,
- morals,
- mores,
- mystique,
- nature,
- new morality,
- norm,
- normative system,
- norms,
- notion,
- observation,
- opinion,
- personal judgment,
- philosophy,
- physique,
- point of view,
- popular belief,
- position,
- posture,
- practices,
- presumption,
- prevailing belief,
- principles,
- professional ethics,
- property,
- public belief,
- public opinion,
- quality,
- reaction,
- sentiment,
- sight,
- social ethics,
- society,
- somatotype,
- sort,
- spirit,
- spiritual climate,
- stamp,
- stance,
- standards,
- streak,
- stripe,
- suchness,
- system,
- system of ideas,
- system of theories,
- temper,
- temperament,
- Ten Commandments,
- tendency,
- tenor,
- theory,
- thinking,
- thought,
- tone,
- trait,
- trait-complex,
- type,
- value system,
- vein,
- view,
- way,
- way of thinking,
- Weltanschauung,
- world view,
- Zeitgeist