eidos
noun
ei·dos
| \ ˈīˌdäs, ˈāˌ-\
plural eide\ ˈīˌdē , ˈāˌdā \
Definition of eidos
1
: something that is seen or intuited:
b in Aristotelianism
c
: an appearance, conception, or form of intuition
2
: the cognitive part of cultural structure made up of the criteria of credibility, the logic used in thinking and acting, and the basic ideas by which the members of a culture organize and interpret experience : logical structure
the eidos is visible wherever group behavior is characterized by intellectual efforts of a similar kind— S. F. Nadel
—contrasted with ethos
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