Mores
noun
The accepted traditional customs and behaviors of a society or community.
The social mores of different cultures can vary widely
Often appears as...
- social mores
- traditional mores
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General,Academic
noun
The established norms or standards considered as a moral or legal obligation.
Breaking the mores of a community can result in punishment or rejection
Often appears as...
- violation of mores
- adherence to mores
Usage tips
Legal,Academic
noun
The accepted traditional customs and behaviors of a society or community.
The social mores of different cultures can vary widely
Often appears as...
- social mores
- traditional mores
Usage tips
General,Academic
noun
The established norms or standards considered as a moral or legal obligation.
Breaking the mores of a community can result in punishment or rejection
Often appears as...
- violation of mores
- adherence to mores
Usage tips
Legal,Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understand local mores to avoid offense when interacting with different cultures.
It's important to learn the mores before studying abroad to respect local customs.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Nuances
Mores can be unspoken yet widely recognized within a community.
Although not codified, the town's mores frown upon wearing pajamas to the market.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Variations
Mores can change over time, reflecting society's evolving values.
Mores around working from home have shifted significantly in recent years.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understand local mores to avoid offense when interacting with different cultures.
It's important to learn the mores before studying abroad to respect local customs.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Nuances
Mores can be unspoken yet widely recognized within a community.
Although not codified, the town's mores frown upon wearing pajamas to the market.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Variations
Mores can change over time, reflecting society's evolving values.
Mores around working from home have shifted significantly in recent years.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understand local mores to avoid offense when interacting with different cultures.
It's important to learn the mores before studying abroad to respect local customs.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Nuances
Mores can be unspoken yet widely recognized within a community.
Although not codified, the town's mores frown upon wearing pajamas to the market.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Variations
Mores can change over time, reflecting society's evolving values.
Mores around working from home have shifted significantly in recent years.
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Pompeiian Sexuality PIPE...
representation it's not showing actual intercourse but rather kind of the dalliance that might lead up to it it's got lots of clues in it about ancient Roman sexual mores for one thing it doesn't have a sense of privacy we think that privacy is the most important thing about sexual activity but here we have a
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In Defense of the...
have this distorted view of how a decent loving relationship must start and then people do this thing okay I have didn't Europe you made such an important point there because if we give the view of love and romance that we want to be true and that's what percolates then we established culture and social mores
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Why our IQ levels are...
they said that is the dumbest thing you've ever said. Who have you ever known who woke up in the morning -- that turned black? In other words, they were fixed in the concrete mores and attitudes they had inherited. They would not take the hypothetical seriously,
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Aparna Hegde: The...
challenging entrenched mores and demanding care. Karnam, the wife of a deeply conservative preacher, convinced her husband to adopt family planning because mMitra told her that spacing between pregnancies is necessary. And the change is intergenerational.
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Why should you read “The...
In the novel, she interrogates the culture of her native India, including its social mores and colonial history. One of her focuses is the caste system, a way of classifying people by hereditary social class that is thousands of years old.
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The wicked wit of Jane...
And though her heroines might ridicule senseless social mores, Austen fully understood the practical importance of maintaining appearances. At the time she was writing, a wealthy marriage was a financial necessity for most young women,
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
and exchanged blows meant to be codes for affection; once out of childhood you'd never again know the shock of your father's whiskers on your cheek, not until mores at last had evolved,
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on...
you look at all of this and you say this person was not only plugging into the emergence social and cultural mores of our day understanding what are important
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What I learned at...
just saying love he was great oh oh thank you because I've rated that Mitel the mores were going to be shortened so much being on this stage
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Golden Eagle vs. Hare PIPE...
here among the mountains and mores of northern Scotland is a bird that
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Pompeiian Sexuality PIPE...
representation it's not showing actual intercourse but rather kind of the dalliance that might lead up to it it's got lots of clues in it about ancient Roman sexual mores for one thing it doesn't have a sense of privacy we think that privacy is the most important thing about sexual activity but here we have a
Video examples
In Defense of the...
have this distorted view of how a decent loving relationship must start and then people do this thing okay I have didn't Europe you made such an important point there because if we give the view of love and romance that we want to be true and that's what percolates then we established culture and social mores
Video examples
Why our IQ levels are...
they said that is the dumbest thing you've ever said. Who have you ever known who woke up in the morning -- that turned black? In other words, they were fixed in the concrete mores and attitudes they had inherited. They would not take the hypothetical seriously,
Video examples
Aparna Hegde: The...
challenging entrenched mores and demanding care. Karnam, the wife of a deeply conservative preacher, convinced her husband to adopt family planning because mMitra told her that spacing between pregnancies is necessary. And the change is intergenerational.
Video examples
Why should you read “The...
In the novel, she interrogates the culture of her native India, including its social mores and colonial history. One of her focuses is the caste system, a way of classifying people by hereditary social class that is thousands of years old.
Video examples
The wicked wit of Jane...
And though her heroines might ridicule senseless social mores, Austen fully understood the practical importance of maintaining appearances. At the time she was writing, a wealthy marriage was a financial necessity for most young women,
Video examples
C.K. Williams: Poetry...
and exchanged blows meant to be codes for affection; once out of childhood you'd never again know the shock of your father's whiskers on your cheek, not until mores at last had evolved,
Video examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson on...
you look at all of this and you say this person was not only plugging into the emergence social and cultural mores of our day understanding what are important
Video examples
What I learned at...
just saying love he was great oh oh thank you because I've rated that Mitel the mores were going to be shortened so much being on this stage
Video examples
Golden Eagle vs. Hare PIPE...
here among the mountains and mores of northern Scotland is a bird that
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Quote examples
George Will
Journalist
Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents - judges' decisions - rather than statutes, baseball's codes are the game's distilled mores. Their unchanged purpose is to show respect for opponents and the game. In baseball, as in the remainder of life, the most important rules are unwritten. But not unenforced.
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Robert Caro
American Writer
Now, for this book I had to learn the world of the Senate, which is really for all that's written about the Senate, an unknowing world and its mores, and the way things work with subcommittees and all. I loved learning about that.
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Mae Jemison
American Astronaut
I think science fiction helps us think about possibilities, to speculate - it helps us look at our society from a different perspective. It lets us look at our mores, using science as the backdrop, as the game changer.
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Rudolf Arnheim
German Artist
Rather than be asked to abandon one's own heritage and to adapt to the mores of the new country, one was expected to possess a treasure of foreign skills and customs that would enrich the resources of American living.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.
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Caterina Fake
American Businesswoman
In building a social network, the standards and mores of a community are its lifeblood; one does not lightly 'experiment' with these, and LinkedIn is exactly right to defend them.
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John Kessel
American Author
Kafka is not interested in documenting the manners and mores of any particular place; he is not interested in probing the psyche of individual characters.
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Gwen Moore
American Politician
It is very frightening to see a resurgence of the old mores, or lack thereof, regarding women's rights to their own bodies.
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Christina Binkley
Our social mores no longer conform to a world where nice girls wear skirts that don't cling.
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David Ogilvy
English Businessman
Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.
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George Will
Journalist
Just as the common law derives from ancient precedents - judges' decisions - rather than statutes, baseball's codes are the game's distilled mores. Their unchanged purpose is to show respect for opponents and the game. In baseball, as in the remainder of life, the most important rules are unwritten. But not unenforced.
Quote examples
Robert Caro
American Writer
Now, for this book I had to learn the world of the Senate, which is really for all that's written about the Senate, an unknowing world and its mores, and the way things work with subcommittees and all. I loved learning about that.
Quote examples
Mae Jemison
American Astronaut
I think science fiction helps us think about possibilities, to speculate - it helps us look at our society from a different perspective. It lets us look at our mores, using science as the backdrop, as the game changer.
Quote examples
Rudolf Arnheim
German Artist
Rather than be asked to abandon one's own heritage and to adapt to the mores of the new country, one was expected to possess a treasure of foreign skills and customs that would enrich the resources of American living.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it. That doesn't mean you do nothing, but it means that you do the things that need to be done according to priority.
Quote examples
Caterina Fake
American Businesswoman
In building a social network, the standards and mores of a community are its lifeblood; one does not lightly 'experiment' with these, and LinkedIn is exactly right to defend them.
Quote examples
John Kessel
American Author
Kafka is not interested in documenting the manners and mores of any particular place; he is not interested in probing the psyche of individual characters.
Quote examples
Gwen Moore
American Politician
It is very frightening to see a resurgence of the old mores, or lack thereof, regarding women's rights to their own bodies.
Quote examples
Christina Binkley
Our social mores no longer conform to a world where nice girls wear skirts that don't cling.
Quote examples
David Ogilvy
English Businessman
Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.
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