DECORUM

Decorum

Decorum was a principle of classical rhetoric, poetry and theatrical theory that was about 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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decorum

Noun

  1. Appropriate social behavior; propriety
  2. A convention of social behavior


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