mores
Mores are the customs, norms, and behaviors that are acceptable to a society or social group. If your personal morals are in disagreement with local mores, you should be prepared to be annoyed every time you read the local Letters to the Editor.
Mores and morals have similar meanings — mores are the morals of a group or society itself. They are not necessarily based on written law and they can change. The mores of the Victorian era prescribed modesty for women. A Victorian traveling to our time would probably be shocked by current mores that allow women to wear shorts.
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(sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group
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type of:
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convention, formula, normal, pattern, rule
something regarded as a normative example
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convention, formula, normal, pattern, rule
Vocabulary lists containing mores
In this nonfiction account, adapted for young adults, twin brothers Ernesto and Raúl make a difficult journey from El Salvador to California in search of a new life.
Central Essay, Chapter 8
This novel imagines an America in which the United States lost World War II.
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