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Definition of ethos in English: ethosnoun ˈiːθɒsˈiθɑs The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations. a challenge to the ethos of the 1960s Example sentencesExamples - We have an innovative approach and a different ethos - and we are getting repeat business.
- The ethos is caring and ensures that everyone reaches their full potential.
- I was aware that the school had a culture of discipline and an ethos of personal improvement.
- Innovation was quietly continuous, prompting an ethos of understated optimism.
- Choice is the ethos of a free-market environment; at the moment we don't have that.
- It was, after all, an ethos which could be portrayed as combining both a national and an individual ethic.
- While success is born of a competitive spirit among pupils, that does not have to breed an uncaring ethos.
- Moving with the times is very much part of the ethos of the magazine, and of course we must practise what we preach.
- Their projects are diverse, but the firms share a similar ethos.
- Their ethos was that you had to treat the whole person, not just the cancer.
- It is by no means a perfect system, but dissent and debate are recognised as an integral part of the university ethos.
- I tend to see the results as the by-product of an ethos where we encourage students to aim high.
- Charlton and their manager have created an ethos that has kept the club not just afloat but positively buoyant.
- And the way to do that is to get more people to go racing and become involved in the ethos of the sport.
- He founded a great regiment and the principles he founded it on and the ethos he left are just the same today as they were then.
- Much credit must go to the local community for the way they have embraced the ethos of community cohesion.
- And the real thing is that the whole ethos, culture and drive of the company now is to put that right.
- For example, a bank launched a large-scale programme to create a new ethos of customer care.
- There is mounting frustration with the anti-enterprise ethos of his administration.
- A Christian publishing house wants a Christian ethos to permeate its workforce.
Synonyms spirit, character, atmosphere, climate, prevailing tendency, mood, feeling, temper, tenor, flavour, essence, quintessence animating principle, dominating characteristic, motivating force, disposition, rationale, code, morality, moral code, attitudes, beliefs, principles, standards, ethics
Origin Mid 19th century: from modern Latin, from Greek ēthos 'nature, disposition', (plural) 'customs'. ethic from Late Middle English: At first this term referred to ethics or moral philosophy. It comes via Old French from Latin ethice, from Greek (hē)ēthikē (tekhnē) ‘(the science of) morals’. The base is Greek ēthos ‘nature, disposition’, source of ethos (mid 19th century).
Definition of ethos in US English: ethosnounˈiθɑsˈēTHäs The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations. a challenge to the ethos of the 1960s Example sentencesExamples - For example, a bank launched a large-scale programme to create a new ethos of customer care.
- I tend to see the results as the by-product of an ethos where we encourage students to aim high.
- The ethos is caring and ensures that everyone reaches their full potential.
- It is by no means a perfect system, but dissent and debate are recognised as an integral part of the university ethos.
- Their projects are diverse, but the firms share a similar ethos.
- Their ethos was that you had to treat the whole person, not just the cancer.
- Innovation was quietly continuous, prompting an ethos of understated optimism.
- Moving with the times is very much part of the ethos of the magazine, and of course we must practise what we preach.
- There is mounting frustration with the anti-enterprise ethos of his administration.
- A Christian publishing house wants a Christian ethos to permeate its workforce.
- It was, after all, an ethos which could be portrayed as combining both a national and an individual ethic.
- I was aware that the school had a culture of discipline and an ethos of personal improvement.
- And the way to do that is to get more people to go racing and become involved in the ethos of the sport.
- He founded a great regiment and the principles he founded it on and the ethos he left are just the same today as they were then.
- While success is born of a competitive spirit among pupils, that does not have to breed an uncaring ethos.
- And the real thing is that the whole ethos, culture and drive of the company now is to put that right.
- Choice is the ethos of a free-market environment; at the moment we don't have that.
- Much credit must go to the local community for the way they have embraced the ethos of community cohesion.
- Charlton and their manager have created an ethos that has kept the club not just afloat but positively buoyant.
- We have an innovative approach and a different ethos - and we are getting repeat business.
Synonyms spirit, character, atmosphere, climate, prevailing tendency, mood, feeling, temper, tenor, flavour, essence, quintessence
Origin Mid 19th century: from modern Latin, from Greek ēthos ‘nature, disposition’, (plural) ‘customs’. |