Synonyms for mores
ˈmɔr eɪz, -iz, ˈmoʊr-mores

Princeton's WordNet

1. moresnoun

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

Matched Categories

1. • Convention
   • Sociology

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1. List of paraphrases for "mores":

   morals, customs, habits, manners

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1. Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 1963:

   The church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.

2. RJ Intindola:

   I’ve created a new morality. Not one based on societal values and mores but instead on my own conscience. We should not let others determine our moral values nor accept their ridicule. Full stop.

3. Jim Heimann:

   It's basically a white person's world until the late 1950s and then obviously the mid-1960s, when things began to change as social mores changed.

4. William F. Buckley Jr.:

   All that is good is not embodied in the law; and all that is evil is not proscribed by the law. A well-disciplined society needs few laws; but it needs strong mores.

5. Barry Schwartz:

   Our institutions and values are in jeopardy as the mores of the market pervade all social life in this country. Loyalty, honesty, courage, discipline, patriotism, and commitment to family are being crowded out by the goals and rules of economic rationality -- do whatever makes the most money.