eidos (s), eide (pl) 1. In philosophy, form; species. 2. Idea; used by Plato. 3. The formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas; criteria for interpreting experience, etc. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/705/
noun (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974