ethos. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

ethos

SYLLABICATION:	e·thos
PRONUNCIATION:	ths
NOUN:	The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement: “They cultivated a subversive alternative ethos” (Anthony Burgess).
ETYMOLOGY:	Greek thos, character. See s(w)e- in Appendix I.


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