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MORES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mores mean? 

MORES (noun)
  The noun MORES has 1 sense:

1. (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a groupplay

  Familiarity information: MORES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MORES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mores" is a kind of...):

convention; formula; normal; pattern; rule (something regarded as a normative example)

Domain category:

sociology (the study and classification of human societies)


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