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livssyn — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ethos noun The characteristic spirit, values, or beliefs of a person, culture, or organisation.

Senses

livssyn is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • life stance The relation that one has with what he or she accepts as being of ultimate importance, the presuppositions and theory of this, and the commitments and practice of working it out in living.

ethos — full definition

  1. noun The characteristic spirit, values, or beliefs of a person, culture, or organisation.
  2. noun In rhetoric, an appeal to the speaker's credibility or authority to persuade an audience.

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