ethos

Definitions

1. The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.
2. 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.
   rhetoric
3. 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.

Equivalents

Examples

“To slip⟳ past censors, Chinese bloggers have⟳ become⟳ masters of comic subterfuge, cloaking their messages in protective layers of irony and satire. This is not a new concept, but it has erupted so powerfully that it now defines the ethos of the Internet in China.”

“As we saw⟳ with Housing Problems, this 'telling one's own⟳ story' is an ethos Edgar Anstey would have⟳ applauded, and it was an ethos that has fed into Network Rail's work⟳ during the COVID-19 pandemic. Green explains: "COVID has produced huge challenges for us, but it showed there is such a need⟳ for film-making at a time like⟳ this."”

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