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Definition of Mores
1. Noun. (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group.
Definition of Mores
1. n. pl. Customs; habits; esp., customs conformity to which is more or less obligatory; customary law.
Definition of Mores
1. Noun. A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices. Mores derive from the established practices of a society rather than its written laws. ¹
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Definition of Mores
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Medical Definition of Mores
1. A concept used in the behavioural and social sciences to refer to centrally important and accepted folkways, and cultural norms which embody the fundamental moral views of a group. Origin: L. Pl. Of mos, custom (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mores
Literary usage of Mores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ireland Under the Tudors: With a Succinct Account of the Earlier History by Richard Bagwell (1885)
"The young O'mores CHAP, resisted the levying of the tribute, and Lysaght, ...
The O'mores pleaded that the Earl had first attacked them, and he rejoined ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"The waves divide; And like a mift fhe rofe above the tide; 471 Beheld him mourning
on the naked mores, ..."
3. Ethics by John Dewey, James Hayden Tufts (1908)
"CHAPTER IV GROUP MORALITY—CUSTOMS OR mores ' * We have seen how the natural forces
of instinct lead to activities which elevate men and knit them together. ..."
4. Papers and Proceedings by American Sociological Society Meeting, American Sociological Association (1910)
"... or as far as they have taken on the sanctity of wide and ancient authority so
that they seem to be above discussion, are the mores. ..."
5. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Biographical by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley (1812)
"The " History of Thetford" was published in 1789, by my late worthy friend Mr.
Gough, whose advertisement shall be transcribed below *. EDWARD-ROWE mores ..."
6. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1854)
"EDUCATION AT MAYNOOTH COLLEGE—Mr. Spooner mores for an Inquiry into the ...
the Motion and mores an Amendment, which is seconded by Sir W. Clay— VOL. XCV. ..."
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