mores
pronunciation
How to pronounce mores in British English:
UK [ˈmɔ:reɪz]
How to pronounce mores in American English:
US [ˈmɔrˌez, -iz, ˈmor-]
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- Noun:
- (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group
Word Origin
- mores (n.)
- "customs," 1907, from Latin mores "customs, manners, morals" (see moral (adj.)).
Example
- 1. And the debate is the latest sign of china 's rapidly changing mores and culture .
- 2. Muslim countries , worried about the way in which the internet undermines conservative social mores on nudity and mingling , are twitchy too .
- 3. Official data tell us as much about social mores ( the extent to which self-killing is concealed ) as about what really happens .
- 4. Perhaps as an effect of the importation , wahhabism takes a less strict form in qatar than in saudi arabia , though it still governs a large portion of qatari mores and rituals .
- 5. America is not blind nor indifferent to the problems of poverty , even if its rich and poor increasingly live separate lives in separate neighbourhoods , and with different social mores .