mores

[mawr-eyz, -eez, mohr-]

plural noun

Sociology.

1. folkways of central importance accepted without question and embodying the fundamental moral views of a group.

mores

/ ˈmɔːreɪz /

plural noun

1. sociol the customs and conventions embodying the fundamental values of a group or society

mores

1. The customs and manners of a social group or culture. Mores often serve as moral guidelines for acceptable behavior but are not necessarily religious or ethical.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mores¹

1905–10; < Latin mōres, plural of mōs usage, custom

Word History and Origins

Origin of mores¹

C20: from Latin, plural of mōs custom

Example Sentences

Ms. Doucet populates the book with sympathetic characters—the “real cement and steel of the Inter-Con”—conscientious and kind Afghans who keep the hotel going as regimes collapse, rulers change, mores alter.

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The townspeople are undifferentiated, and they are solidly united in their snobbery, antisemitism and resistance to changing mores.

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“The Ten Year Affair” handles these twists with unfailing intelligence, capturing the sincere but confusingly improvised mores of marriage today.

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It is deeply corrosive of personal mores and social trust.

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Social mores are changing, with childlessness no longer viewed as unusual or undesirable.

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