Gesinnung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- disposition noun A person's natural way of feeling, thinking, or behaving; temperament.
- ethos noun The characteristic spirit, values, or beliefs of a person, culture, or organisation.
Senses
Gesinnung is used for these senses in English:
- disposition Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
- ethos (art) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than emotional situations or individual character traits in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.
disposition — full definition
- noun A person's natural way of feeling, thinking, or behaving; temperament.
- noun The arrangement or placement of things, or the final settlement of a matter, such as property or a legal case.
ethos — full definition
- noun The characteristic spirit, values, or beliefs of a person, culture, or organisation.
- noun In rhetoric, an appeal to the speaker's credibility or authority to persuade an audience.