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
Despite his reputation for decorum, Balmain could also inject a dose of sizzle.
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Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
Refusing sculpture’s decorum, Noah Purifoy turns neighborhood rubble into Johnsian abstraction that predicts his ramshackle desert sculptures.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Teddy was doing his own research on this, and Emory Cohen, who plays young Lester, dove deep and talked to a lot of doormen, trying to find out the history and the details and the specifics of decorum.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Tennis took off in this country in the late 70s with the emergence of attitude, which replaced, or at least challenged, the old decorum.
—Thomas Swick
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
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Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
Refusing sculpture’s decorum, Noah Purifoy turns neighborhood rubble into Johnsian abstraction that predicts his ramshackle desert sculptures.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Teddy was doing his own research on this, and Emory Cohen, who plays young Lester, dove deep and talked to a lot of doormen, trying to find out the history and the details and the specifics of decorum.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Tennis took off in this country in the late 70s with the emergence of attitude, which replaced, or at least challenged, the old decorum.
—Thomas Swick
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for decorum
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorum
Noun
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Mother thinks this is perfectly acceptable dining etiquette, especially since a finger bowl is usually not provided.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
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In recent years, Asghar Farhadi, engineer of devastating renderings of couples and their often contrasting reactions to breaches of social etiquette, has been a particular favorite of both the regime and the Academy.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To Subu’s defenders, that logic defies both fairness and decency.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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The theives don't have the common decency to eat the bulbs.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As these conflicts are starting to get heated up, the politicians themselves lose track of any kind of propriety or bounds about what can and should be done in order to pursue your own political agenda.—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
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As expected, because of propriety, Barrett didn’t discuss any current cases that have been before the Supreme Court, including the order earlier this week to lift limitations on immigration stops in Los Angeles.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Decorum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorum. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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