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mores Definition

mo·res (mōrēz′, -āz′; môr-; -ās)

plural noun

folkways that are considered conducive to the welfare of society and so, through general observance, develop the force of law, often becoming part of the formal legal code

Etymology: L, pl. of mos, custom: see mood

mores Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • society: Science is both shaped by the politics and the mores of society and it can reinforce them.
  • time: This reflected the social structure and mores of the time.
  • period: Times change, people, and the literature of each age reflects the concerns and social mores of the period in question.
  • community: Values are already a vital part of the school's hidden curriculum, enforced by the mores of the community.
  • culture: From the moral economy of the household to the mores of a culture 5. The triple articulation of ICTs.
  • net: From its earliest days, the technical structure and social mores of the Net has ignored intellectual property.

Converse of object

  • change: The guidance is the most far-reaching yet in its efforts to keep judges on-message with changing social mores.
  • reflect: Its scenes reflect the mores of the time and region in which it was created.
  • prevail: A public policy relating to marriage cannot be separated from the prevailing mores surrounding divorce.
  • portray: However the social, moral and political mores portrayed in any story are powerful barometers of our society, and are often vastly manipulative.

Adjective modifier

  • sexual: They more closely resemble the sexual mores of Greece three thousand years ago.
  • social: Perhaps the social mores simply dictated ' plain ' .
  • cultural: Serves me right for posting a lofty analysis of cultural mores the other day.
  • contemporary: For a much more interesting, moving, and'real ' look at contemporary marriage mores in India, watch Monsoon Wedding.
  • modern: It suggests they are more confident about modern mores.
  • religious: Two people who had never met before but who throughout their lives had been surrounded by a great deal of cultural and religious mores.

Modifies a noun

  • time: Man for all seasons ( 2 pages )... is the image of a typical person in Thomas mores time.

Noun used with modifier

  • O: But pray let Cicero have the last word: O tempora, O mores!
  • o: The Angry Corrie 64: March-May 2005 Letter You Dear TAC, O tempora, o mores, o TAC63 ( pp14-15 ).
  • community: In the online world, community mores, taste and conventions must be established and observed.
mores Quotes

O tempora, o mores! What times! what morals!

—Cicero full name MarcusTullius Cicero