plural noun

mo·res ˈmȯr-ˌāz

also -(ˌ)ēz

Synonyms of mores next

: the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group

have tended to withdraw and develop a self-sufficient society of their own, with distinct and rigid mores—

James Stirling

: moral attitudes

the evershifting mores of the moment—

Havelock Ellis

: habits, manners

organized dancing developed a whole set of mores and practices of its own—

R. L. Taylor

Examples of mores in a Sentence

the mores of academic life as opposed to those of the business world

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Lady Glenconner, who was born only six years after Queen Elizabeth, shares the late monarch’s generational and class-based manners and mores, which demanded the performance of reserve and restraint under the most trying of circumstances. —

Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023 So the fake animal heads collided with real animal rights and Jenner/Kardashian mores, and for a time the explosion swallowed the digisphere whole. —

Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2023 Specifically, how to accommodate and respect the traditions and mores of a diverse group when setting a common standard for workplace attire. —

Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023 In her decades on the throne, cultural mores evolved dramatically, but the queen remained much the same despite being one of the most famous people in the world: reserved, withdrawn, poker-faced and, to most, fundamentally unknowable. —

Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for mores