Associations to the word «Ethos»

Wiktionary

ETHOS, noun. The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.
ETHOS, noun. (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.
ETHOS, noun. (aesthetics) 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 realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.

Dictionary definition

ETHOS, noun. (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos".

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche