ethos
/ˈiːθɒs/noun
- the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations（某种文化、某个时代或社会在态度和追求方面表现出来的）特有精神, 精神特质：
a challenge to the ethos of the 1960s.
对20世纪60年代时代精神的挑战。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin, from Greek ēthos 'nature, disposition', (plural) 'customs'.