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Ethos vs Consciousness - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between ethos and consciousness

is that ethos is the character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement while consciousness is the state of being conscious or aware; awareness.

ethos

English

(wikipedia ethos)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.
  • (rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct.

    • Related terms

    * etheic * ethics * ethogram * ethography * ethoi (hypercorrect) * ethologic * ethological * ethologist * ethology * * ethopoetic * ethosed * ethoses (non-standard)

    See also

    * logos * pathos

    Anagrams

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    consciousness

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia consciousness)
  • The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The machine of a new soul , passage=Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness .}}

    Derived terms

    * cyberconsciousness * hyperconsciousness * teleconsciousness * raise someone's consciousness

    Related terms

    * conscious * conscience

    See also

    * being-for-itself