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filotimo

φιλότιμοfee-LOH-tee-moh[fiˈlotimo]

the pull that makes you do the right thing when nobody is watching

Closest in English: honour, honor, duty. None of them covers it.

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The Greek is philos and timi, love and honour, and the ancient word could mean plain ambition. Modern Greek narrowed it to the pull that gets a job finished properly, and it is the standard compliment for a workman who comes back, unasked, to put something right.

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  1. Which language is it from?Greek
  2. Which feeling does it carry?A quiet obligation to do right
  3. Where would you hear it?A neighbour repainting a fence he broke
  4. What does it mean?Doing right because of who you are

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