Definition of Ethos

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Definition of Ethos

Ethos

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.

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.

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Ethos Quotations

What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos.
Herbert Read

The satiric ethos of Mad was a much bigger childhood influence.
Alison Bechdel

Never, since the fall of communism, has it been so abundantly clear that an ethos exists, which is loath to accept the freedoms and prosperity we hold sacred in this nation.
Jim Walsh

Ethos Translations

ethos in Dutch is stemming, sfeer
ethos in Finnish is ilmapiiri
ethos in French is ambiance
ethos in Italian is atmosfera

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