"ethos" meaning in English

See ethos in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈiːθɒs/ [UK], /ˈiθɑs/ [US], /ˈiθoʊs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ethos.wav Forms: ethe [plural], ethea [plural], ethoses [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos, “character; custom, habit”). Cognate to Sanskrit स्वधा (svádhā, “habit, custom”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{uder|en|grc|ἦθος||character; custom, habit}} Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos, “character; custom, habit”), {{cog|sa|स्वधा||habit, custom|tr=svádhā}} Sanskrit स्वधा (svádhā, “habit, custom”) Head templates: {{en-noun|ethe|ethea|+}} ethos (plural ethe or ethea or ethoses)
  1. The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement. Categories (topical): Ethics Translations (character or fundamental values of a people): ethos [masculine] (Catalan), 精神 (jīngshén) (Chinese Mandarin), 氣質 (Chinese Mandarin), 气质 (qìzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 思潮 (sīcháo) (Chinese Mandarin), étos [masculine] (Czech), etoso (Esperanto), ilmapiiri (Finnish), éthos [masculine] (French), Gesinnung [feminine] (German), ήθος (íthos) [neuter] (Greek), אתוס (Hebrew), andi [masculine] (Icelandic), etos (Indonesian), éiteas [masculine] (Irish), ethos [masculine] (Portuguese), etos [neuter] (Romanian), этос (etos) (Russian), étos [masculine] (Slovak), ethos [masculine] (Spanish), etos [neuter] (Swedish), livssyn [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ethos-en-noun-krHsWXHe Disambiguation of Ethics: 16 46 38 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 23 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 40 24 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 40 24 36 Disambiguation of 'character or fundamental values of a people': 53 5 43
  2. (rhetoric) 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. Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric, Ethics Translations (form of rhetoric): ethos [masculine] (Dutch), uskottavuudeen luominen (Finnish), eetos (Finnish), éiteas [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-ethos-en-noun-fRRhrc~u Disambiguation of Ethics: 16 46 38 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 23 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 40 24 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 40 24 36 Disambiguation of 'form of rhetoric': 1 94 5
  3. (art) 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. Categories (topical): Art, Ethics
    Sense id: en-ethos-en-noun-NEo90euS Disambiguation of Ethics: 16 46 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 31 50 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 24 30 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 29 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 21 31 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 23 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 29 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 16 34 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 31 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 29 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 29 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 26 26 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 17 27 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 21 31 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 40 24 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 33 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 20 33 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 27 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 21 31 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 29 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 40 24 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 31 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 31 48 Topics: art, arts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: etheic, ethics, ethogram (alt: zoölogy), ethography, ethoi [hypercorrect], ethologic, ethological, ethologist, ethology, ethopœia, ethopoetic [obsolete, rare], ethosed [nonstandard, rare], ethoses [nonstandard], logos, pathos, zeitgeist

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      "sense": "character or fundamental values of a people",
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      "sense": "character or fundamental values of a people",
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      "sense": "character or fundamental values of a people",
      "word": "ilmapiiri"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "íthos",
      "sense": "character or fundamental values of a people",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "character or fundamental values of a people",
      "word": "אתוס"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "character or fundamental values of a people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "andi"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "character or fundamental values of a people",
      "word": "etos"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "character or fundamental values of a people",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ethos"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "character or fundamental values of a people",
      "word": "этос"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "form of rhetoric",
      "word": "uskottavuudeen luominen"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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