Word of the day - MORES

The word today is Mores

Mores a collective plural noun and means the following:

- The accepted or traditionally held belief(s) of a country or population

- The traditional ways of behaving typical of a society or parts thereof 

- The manners, ways and moral attitudes most common in a population

Collective sets of characteristics, actions or beliefs identify social mores of a group. E.G. Americans are loud and proud, Canadians not so.

Mores may be nothing other than a mutual understanding that moderates behaviour of individuals and countries. E.G. In the UK we queue respectfully, in Japan they bow a lot.

Think of mores as "this is the way we do things".

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