FRENCH WORD OF THE DAY: Mœurs

Mœurs: A system of commonly-held cultural beliefs and behaviours, ie morals.

As seen in: « La création d’emplois et la question du relèvement ou de l’abaissement des impôts, plus que les questions de mœurs ou les relations internationales sont au cœur de la bataille idéologique que se livrent Barack Obama et Mitt Romney dans la course à la Maison Blanche. »

(Translation: “Job creation and the question of raising or lowering taxes, more so than moral issues or international relations, are at the heart of the ideological battle waged by Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the race for the White House.”)

http://www.lemonde.fr/elections-americaines/article/2012/11/01/presidentielle-americaine-le-bilan-d-obama-les-promesses-de-romney_1779257_829254.html

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