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Mores
//ˈmɔːɹeɪz// name, noun, verb
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 plural of More form-of, plural
Noun
- 1 A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices rather than written laws. plural, plural-only
"All of us seem to need some totalistic relationships in our lives. But to decry the fact that we cannot have only such relationships is nonsense. And to prefer a society in which the individual has holistic relationships with a few, rather than modular relationships with many, is to wish for a return to the imprisonment of the past — a past when individuals may have been more tightly bound to one another, but when they were also more tightly regimented by social conventions, sexual mores, political and religious restrictions."
- 2 plural of more form-of, plural
- 3 (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group wordnet
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of more form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin mōrēs (“ways, character, morals”), the plural of mōs. Doublet of moeurs.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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