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
And the typical rules of decorum are loosened as a result — at least by golf standards.
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Bob Harkins, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Despite his reputation for decorum, Balmain could also inject a dose of sizzle.
—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
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Noun
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The confrontation is sparking a conversation about theater etiquette.—
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Despite facing public scrutiny for everything from her etiquette to her clothes to her appearance, she is remembered as a style icon.—
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The photographs are a reminder of the decency of ordinary Americans, and a memento mori, a warning of the risks to which Newsom is exposing himself.—
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Thompson mentions that cartoons from this era often leaned on straightforward ideas about decency, and Doug fit that mold without being preachy about it.—
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Lawrence is liberated from anything resembling propriety or self-consciousness here.—
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Using the formal language of propriety to mask a slap in the face.—
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“Decorum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorum. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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