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   ethos

   /ˈiːθɒs/

   noun

   • 1. the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations: "a challenge to the ethos of the 1960s"

   Word Origin late 17th century (denoting characterization in the context of art or rhetoric, contrasting with pathos): from Latin ‘character, depiction of character’, from Greek ēthos ‘disposition, character’, (plural) ‘customs’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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