0 the set of beliefs, ideas, etc. about the social behaviour and relationships of a person or group:
national ethos
working-class ethos
The ethos of the traditional family firm is being threatened.
1 the set of moral beliefs, attitudes, habits, etc., that are characteristic of a person or group:
2 the set of beliefs, ideas, etc. about the behaviour and relationships of a person or group:
Its ethos was one of careful reflection and of enjoying ideas and communicating them.
The role of the villa might remain the space that enables contemplation to become an ethos, and for action to become reconciled with poetry.
That is, speakers can draw on the voices of local rationality or the ethos of the family, community, or place.
It is to be the sun from which the college radiates, as well as the centre into which its energy, wisdom and ethos are condensed.
However, what counts as knightly is interpreted through the individualist, small business-oriented professional ethos of dentistry.
It meant opting for and cultivating a positivistically orientated scientific ethos, for an emancipation from the ethos of the party soldier.
As prenatal testing became more widely available, the ethos of genetic counselling began to in-uence attitudes towards how decisions should be made.
First, the professional ethos of dentistry is that of the autonomous clinician directly engaged with the patient.