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. Lina Darnell:

   These melted marshmallow and chocolate cones have become a yummy summertime tradition in our family, they are such a creative version of s'mores and are fun to make and eat!

2. 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.

3. Cassie Laundrie:

   We just went for a couple of hours and we ate dinner and had s'mores around the campfire and left. There was nothing peculiar about it. There was no feeling of grand goodbye. There was no nothing.

4. 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.

5. 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.