MORES Synonyms

• motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

• the philosophical study of moral values and rules

• beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)

• structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

• a large formal assembly

• something regarded as a normative example

• (diplomacy) an international agreement

• orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

• the act of convening

• an established custom

• (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition

• a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order

• the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)

• attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)

• excessive use of drugs

• put a habit on

• a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical

• a statistic describing the location of a distribution

• a customary way of operation or behavior

• systematic training by multiple repetitions

• translating an idea into action

• the exercise of a profession

• knowledge of how something is usually done

• carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

• learn by repetition

• engage in a rehearsal (of)

• avail oneself to

• engage in or perform

• of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals

• of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals

• any customary observance or practice

• the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies

• stereotyped behavior

• an inherited pattern of thought or action

• a specific practice of long standing

• the act of using

• accepted or habitual practice

• the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written

• (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; above; more than

• English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state

• English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state

• used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is more of something