ETHOS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era

Example:

the Greek ethos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ethos" is a kind of...):

attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)

Domain category:

anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)

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