Mores Definition

môrāz, -ēz
noun
The accepted traditional customs and usages of a particular social group.
American Heritage
Ways of thinking and behaving shared generally by a society or group.
Webster's New World
Moral attitudes.
American Heritage
Manners; ways.
American Heritage
Mores is defined as the unspoken but understood norms of a community or society.
An example of mores is the morally strict behavior that is required in the south versus in another part of the US.
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Origin of Mores

  • Latin mōrēs pl. of mōs custom mē-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Latin mōrēs (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of mōs.

    From Wiktionary

Mores Sentence Examples

  • He teaches them good manners and social mores, and he expects them to be just as well-behaved in private as they are in public.

  • In other countries, there may be variations based on the cultural mores, such as head scarves in Muslim countries.

  • The guidance is the most far-reaching yet in its efforts to keep judges on-message with changing social mores.

  • They more closely resemble the sexual mores of Greece three thousand years ago.

  • A public policy relating to marriage cannot be separated from the prevailing mores surrounding divorce.

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Words Starting With

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Words Starting With M and Ending With S

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