mores

[mores]

(sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group

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Noun
(sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group


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Usage Examples

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.

Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny.

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Other Usage Examples

As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing.

Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.

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