ETHOS
Dictionary entry overview: What does ethos mean? • ETHOS (noun)
The noun ETHOS has 1 sense:
1. (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
Familiarity information: ETHOS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ETHOS (noun)
Meaning:
(anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the Greek ethos
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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