1. mores

noun. ['ˈmɔˌreɪz, ˈmɔˌriːz'] (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group.

Rhymes with Mores

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Sentences with mores

1. Verb, 3rd person singular present
Place the s’mores on a plate and put in the microwave for 30 seconds.

2. Noun, plural
We respect that some people want their s’mores to be "baked" at the same time.

Quotes about mores

1. Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny.
- Will Eisner

2. How is it that, a full two centuries after Jane Austen finished her manuscript, we come to the world of Pride and Prejudice and find ourselves transcending customs, strictures, time, mores, to arrive at a place that educates, amuses, and enthralls us? It is a miracle. We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.
- Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life

3. Philosophers have often held disputeAs to the seat of thought in man and bruteFor that the power of thought attends the latterMy friend, thy beau, hath made a settled matter,And spite of dogmas current in all ages,One settled fact is better than ten sages. (O,Tempora! O,Mores!)
- Edgar Allan Poe, The Complete Stories and Poems