All 3 Uses
ethos
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Outliers
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- They picked up on the particular egalitarian ethos of the community, which discouraged the wealthy from flaunting their success and helped the unsuccessful obscure their failures.†
Chpt Intr. *
- The ethos of the North British borders came to dominate this "dark and bloody ground," partly by force of numbers, but mainly because it was a means of survival in a raw and dangerous world* The triumph of a culture of honor helps to explain why the pattern of criminality in the American South has always been so distinctive.†
Chpt 6
- Why are these suburban-Atlanta kids acting out the ethos of the frontier?†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(ethos) the set of beliefs, values, or spirit that defines a group, culture, or time
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)