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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ethos \E"thos\, n. [L., fr Gr ? character. See {Ethic}.] 1. The character, sentiment, or disposition of a community or people, considered as a natural endowment; the spirit which actuates manners and customs; also the characteristic tone or genius of an institution or social organization. 2. ([AE]sthetics) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character -- character as influenced by the ethos (sense 1) of a people -- rather than realistic or emotional situations or individual character in a narrow sense -- opposed to {pathos}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ethos n : the distinctive spirit of a people or an era; "the Greek ethos"
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