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Definition of Ethos
1. Noun. (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era. "The Greek ethos"
Definition of Ethos
1. n. 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.
Definition of Ethos
1. Noun. The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ethos
1. the fundamental character of a culture [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethos
Literary usage of Ethos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"They will always show how far, and in what sense, Isaeus sacrifices ethos to his
more trenchant and metallic emphasis: it is the portrayal of the ingenuous ..."
2. The Societal Aspects of Decision Making in Complex Radiological Situations by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"In this context, the ethos project (founded by the radiation protection research
... Radiological security is developed in the ethos project as part of a ..."
3. Stakeholder Participation in Radiological Decision Making: Processes and by NEA Staff, SourceOECD (Online service), OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"In contrast, the ethos project, operating at local level and setting as a primary
... Adopting this approach, the ethos team quickly discovered that the key ..."
4. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1876)
"... sacrifices ethos to his more trenchant and metallic emphasis : it is the
portrayal of the ingenuous youth or the plain man, ..."
5. The Modes of Ancient Greek Music by David Binning Monro (1894)
"The ethos of the Genera and Species. Although the pitch of a musical composition—as
... These moveable notes, then, give an ethos to the music because they ..."
6. A History of Greek Literature: From the Earliest Period to the Death of by Frank Byron Jevons (1892)
"A character of this kind imparted to the speeches would have been excellently
adapted to secure success, liut Demosthenes relies on pathos rather than ethos ..."
7. Folkways: A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs by William Graham Sumner (1906)
"There is a European ethos, for the nations have so influenced each other for the
last two thousand years that there is a mixed ethos which includes • local ..."
8. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"... Malicious Critic (partly borrowed from Le Bon, partly elaborated by himself)
The ethos of w^ be ..."
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