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- Dictionarydecorum/dɪˈkɔːrəm/
noun
- 1. behaviour in keeping with good taste and propriety: "he had acted with the utmost decorum" Similar Opposite
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behavior that is socially correct, calm, and polite: The witness endured the lawyer’s badgering with remarkable decorum.
The meaning of DECORUM is literary and dramatic propriety : fitness. How to use decorum in a sentence.
Decorum definition: dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.. See examples of DECORUM used in a sentence.
noun [ U ] fml us / dɪˈkɔr·əm, -ˈkoʊr·əm / Add to word list. behavior that is socially correct, calm, and polite: The witness endured the lawyer’s badgering with remarkable decorum.
Decorum is proper and polite behavior. If you let out a big belch at a fancy dinner party, you're not showing much decorum.
Decorum is behaviour that people consider to be correct, polite, and respectable.
The appropriateness of an element of an artistic or literary work, such as style or tone, to its particular circumstance or to the composition as a whole. [Latin decōrum, from decōrus, becoming, handsome; see decorous .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
noun. dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc. Synonyms: politeness, dignity. the quality or state of being decorous, or exhibiting such dignified propriety; orderliness; regularity. Usually decorums. an observance or requirement of polite society. decorum. / dɪˈkɔːrəm / noun. propriety, esp in behaviour or conduct.
Definition of decorum noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DECORUM definition: behaviour that is considered to be polite and correct. Learn more.
