General attitude of people in fishnet hosiery (5)
I believe the answer is:
ethos
'general attitude of people' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'in fishnet hosiery' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'ETHOS' is hidden in the letters of 'fishnet hosiery'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ethos that I've seen before include "moral code" , "Characteristic spirit, of a culture say" , "Distinctive spirit - character" , "Distinctive spirit of an institution" , "The distinctive spirit of a culture or an era" .)