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Meaning
Noun
●
The
character
or
fundamental
values
of a person, people,
culture
, or movement.
●
In Rhetoric:
A form of
rhetoric
in which the
writer
or
speaker
invokes
their
authority
,
competence
or
expertise
in an
attempt
to
persuade
others that their
view
is correct.
●
In Art:
The
traits
in a
work of art
which
express
the
ideal
or
typic
character
, as
influenced
by the
ethos
(character or
fundamental
values
) of a people,
rather than
emotional
situations
or individual
character traits
in a
narrow
sense
;
opposed
to pathos.
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Origin
ethos
English
ἦθος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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