as in etiquette
socially acceptable behavior
high standards of decorum are usually required when attending the opera
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Recent Examples of decorum
That such rhetoric passed without objection is not merely a failure of decorum.
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Isabella Brannon, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
Rodriguez was speaking in opposition to a new decorum policy that prohibited profanity.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2025
Aside from the clear lack of decorum, the Trump-Musk feud has turned into an outrageous display of insults and retaliation.
—Harry Kraemer, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
No one has any personal space, so how would the ghosts of the past have anywhere else to hide, either?
Also making I-Jing’s integration into Taipei life a challenge is her left-handedness, amid a cultural bias that prefers the right hand as much as other arbitrary decorum.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
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Isabella Brannon, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025
Rodriguez was speaking in opposition to a new decorum policy that prohibited profanity.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2025
Aside from the clear lack of decorum, the Trump-Musk feud has turned into an outrageous display of insults and retaliation.
—Harry Kraemer, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
No one has any personal space, so how would the ghosts of the past have anywhere else to hide, either?
Also making I-Jing’s integration into Taipei life a challenge is her left-handedness, amid a cultural bias that prefers the right hand as much as other arbitrary decorum.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorum
Noun
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Just as ticket holders are to uphold a certain level of etiquette during matches, the players are expected to do the same.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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Here, etiquette experts weigh in on how to navigate pay-what-you-want scenarios.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 June 2025
Noun
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This is a question of decency, humanity, family and yes, economics.—
Sigal Ratner-Arias,
Billboard,
20 June 2025
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But Leo represents a stubborn kind of institution—one that doesn't play Twitter games or respond to every provocation, and that insists on the moral weight of facts, decency, and mercy.—
Christopher Hale,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
Noun
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Candor Formal boards are bound by duty and propriety, while informal advisory boards have no set duties.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Questions of spectacle and propriety circled the Mütter even then, but Worden’s ample charisma, her confidence in the validity of her own fascination, seemed largely able to keep them at bay.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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“Decorum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorum. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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