What (who) is decorum - definition

MANNERS AND MORALS

Decorums; Decorous; Indecorous; Social decorum

decorum

Decorum is behaviour that people consider to be correct, polite, and respectable. (FORMAL)

I was treated with decorum and respect throughout the investigation.

= politeness

N-UNCOUNT

Decorum

·noun Propriety of manner or conduct; grace arising from suitableness of speech and behavior to one's own character, or to the place and occasion; decency of conduct; seemliness; that which is seemly or suitable.

decorum

1) to display decorum

2) strict decorum

Wikipedia

Decorum

Decorum (from the Latin: "right, proper") was a principle of classical rhetoric, poetry and theatrical theory concerning the fitness or otherwise of a style to a theatrical subject. The concept of decorum is also applied to prescribed limits of appropriate social behavior within set situations.

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Pronunciation examples for decorum

1. and especially sexual decorum.

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2. of decorum that way.

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3. on decorum, on proper channels.

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4. involve trying to reestablish some sort of decorum

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5. write that "they taught me the ways of decorum, modesty,

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Examples of use of decorum

1. But the president couldn‘t maintain perfect decorum.

2. Others believed he overstepped the bounds of decorum.

3. Tory MP Stewart Jackson said: "This offends basic decency and decorum.

4. Holly was the model of elegance and decorum at last night‘s Royal Television Society awards.

5. "A big old loaf of meat would violate the American Victorian sense of decorum," she said.