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mores definition Open Education Sociology Dictionary Skip to content Menu ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ AboutCitation InformationResourcesSite MapTwitter SocioDictionary Home gt M Words moresTable of Contents Definition MoresExamples MoresEtymology MoresMores PronunciationUsage NotesRelated QuotationsRelated VideosAdditional InformationRelated TermsReferencesWorks ConsultedCite the Mores noun Socially approved norms or standards moral and ethical behavior Examples In some societies premarital sex incest desecration religious symbols murder Etymology Coined along with ethnocentrism folkways in-group out-group by William Graham Sumner in Folkways A Study Sociological Importance Usages Manners Customs Morals Pronunciation Usage Guide Syllabification mo res Audio American English British Phonetic Spelling mOR-ayz mAWr-ayz International Alphabet m re z Notes are that determine right wrong they not social repercussions for breaking can be severe such as legal sanctions even death change depending on culture group society basis laws Almost exclusively found plural form singular is mos Related Quotations No lacks governing conduct But do differ degree which institutional controls effectively integrated goals stand high hierarchy cultural values The may lead individuals center their emotional convictions upon complex culturally acclaimed ends far less support prescribed methods reaching out these With differential emphases procedures latter so vitiated stress have many limited only considerations technical expediency this context sole significant question becomes Which available most efficient netting value technically effective procedure whether legitimate typically preferred institutionally As process attenuation continues unstable there develops what Durkheim called anomie normlessness Merton Since based considered crucial well-being violators subject more negative ridicule loss employment imprisonment than those fail adhere strongest referred taboos Kendall Videos Additional Information Word origin Online etymonline comGibbs Jack P Norms Problem Classification Journal doi Parsons Talcott Social System New York Free Press Therborn G ran Back On Scope Dynamics Normative Action Current Terms shockethnocentrismfolkwayincestlawnormsocial factstandardtaboo References Diana Our Times Essentials th ed Belmont CA Wadsworth Robert King Theory Structure Works Consulted Abercrombie Nicholas Stephen Hill Bryan Turner Penguin London Andersen Margaret L Howard Francis Taylor Brinkerhoff David Lynn White Suzanne Ortega Rose Weitz Bruce Steve Steven Yearley SAGE Thousand Oaks Brym J John Lie Your Compass a World rd Collins Complete Unabridged Glasgow Scotland Ferrante Joan Seeing An Introduction b Global Perspective Ferris Kerry Jill Stein Real nd Norton Griffiths Heather Nathan Keirns Eric Strayer Susan Cody-Rydzewski Gail Scaramuzzo Tommy Sadler Sally Vyain Jeff Bry Faye Jones e Houston TX OpenStax Henslin James Down-to-Earth Approach Boston Allyn amp Bacon Hughes Michael Carolyn Kroehler Core McGraw-Hill Jary Julia HarperCollins Kimmel S Amy Aronson Now Kornblum Changing Macionis Pearson Kenneth Plummer Harlow England Merriam-Webster N d http www merriam-webster com Oxford University Dictionaries https oxforddictionaries Ravelli Michelle Webber Exploring Canadian Toronto Schaefer Richard Brief Scott Gordon Marshall Shepard Jon W Greene You Glencoe Stolley Kathy Basics Westport CT Greenwood Thompson E Joseph V Hickey Society Focus Tischler Henry Wikipedia contributors Encyclopedia Wikimedia Foundation en wikipedia org Cite ASA Association edition Bell Kenton Retrieved November sociologydictionary APA Psychological K Ed education sociology dictionary from Chicago Turabian Author-Date Manual Style Accessed MLA Modern Language Web Nov lt About OESDThe OESD part open access movement seeks create an entry level resource students educators curious Twitter SocioDictionarySearch Search Site InformationAboutAccessibility StatementContactContributors Peer ReviewersCopyrightPrivacy PolicyRecent AdditionsSite MapUsage Edited Written Wollongong Copyright copy All cited material belongs license owners must used according distribution Everything else was developed licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License