ethos

IPA: ˈiθɑs

The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.
(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.
(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.

Examples of "ethos" in Sentences

Fundamentalism, as one of the chief protests against this modern ethos, is not likely to disappear.
It's such a relaxed and friendly place and the ethos is all part of that. quintessentiallysoho. comThis is
This is a story of inclusion and change, a movement from what he calls ethos (custom) to ta ethne (the nations).
And what ethos is it that prevents the public from knowing which public servants represented unlawful combatants?
John: And what ethos is it that prevents the public from knowing which public servants represented unlawful combatants?
I think your explanation regarding the American ethos is far more accurate than arguing that American industry was founded on a Taylor model.
Our child-porn loving heroes get all upset when that ethos is turned on its head - i.e. an assault by one police officer is an assault by any police officer.
Their ethos is linked to that of New York's Editions: Artists 'Book Fair, whose focus on new editions, young artists and young galleries, "I was hoping to reproduce that back in London" explains Richard Lloyd, Christie's International Head of the Print Department.