mores

noun

1. (plural, plural-only)A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices rather than written laws.

   “It is relevant here to recall that the word “morality” is derived from mos with its plural mores, and that in its present usage it has not lost this connexion with the mores — the rules of behaviour — of a society.”

   “Even as the elements of a culture were forming, as legends began to accrue, as their mastery of programming started to surpass any previous recorded levels of skill, the dozen or so hackers were reluctant to acknowledge that their tiny society, on intimate terms with the TX-0, had been slowly and implicitly piecing together a body of concepts, beliefs, and mores.”

   “The country's traditional mores have sparked recent ideological battles, as well as a few national embarrassments.”

   “The one area where sexual mores seem to have changed is gay relationships. At the beginning of 2004, only 46 percent of respondents thought gay sex should be legal; in another poll that year, only 42 percent of people said they saw it as morally acceptable or believed that same-sex marriage should be legal.”

2. (form-of, plural)plural of more

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of more

name

1. (form-of, plural)plural of More