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Ethos is defined as the beliefs or ideas by which a person or group lives.

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An example of an ethos is the community goals set in a mission statement.

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noun

the characteristic and distinguishing attitudes, habits, beliefs, etc. of an individual or of a group

Origin: Gr ēthos, disposition, character: see ethical

See ethos in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement: “They cultivated a subversive alternative ethos” (Anthony Burgess).

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Origin: Greek ēthos, character; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots

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