0 the set of beliefs, ideas, etc. about the social behaviour and relationships of a person or group: --
The ethos of the traditional family firm is being threatened.
working-class ethos
national ethos
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: --
Second, social groups are influential through the ethos, attitudes and styles of behavior that characterize them.
A definite change had occurred between the ethos of the court prevailing in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s and that which prevailed in 1986.
It also suggests that this sort of thing is not part of the contemporary ethos that focuses on the individual and not the community.
Even the initiation rituals continued to include an emphasis on fertility and generational succession rather than on warrior ethos.
He quickly demonstrated great fluency in the charitable ethos of caring for the displaced and unfortunate.
Currently this differentiation is not apparent in our ageing services and that absence reflects an exemplary egalitarian ethos in the system.
In other words, its fundamental assumptions and ethos were consonant with those of the wider society which surrounded it.
First, the professional ethos of dentistry is that of the autonomous clinician directly engaged with the patient.
