(anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group(noun)
WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
Use "eidos" in a sentence
"But what is seen is a shape or form, and Plato's pupil, Aristotle, preferred the term eidos, probably because he could not accept his master's theory of ideas."
"At times Plato substitutes the word eidos for “idea.”"
"Even if we turn from a Latin derivative to Greek - an intellectual if desperate act in itself - we end up back whence we fled, with "eidos": "The distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or social group.""