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

Examples

"the Greek ethos"

Used in print

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

This is brought_out in the common religious ethos that prevails even in the denominationally diverse audiences at many secular semi-public and public occasions in the United_States ; and it is evidenced in the prayers offered , in the frequent religious allusions , and in the confirmation of points on religious grounds .

Related terms

attribute anthropology

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