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I'm a CEO of a public company. You have to show decorum.
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Meaning of "decorum" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DECORUM

From Latin: propriety.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DECORUM

decorum  [dɪˈkɔːrəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECORUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decorum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DECORUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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.

Definition of decorum in the English dictionary

The definition of decorum in the dictionary is propriety, esp in behaviour or conduct. Other definition of decorum is a requirement of correct behaviour in polite society.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECORUM


aurum
ˈɔːrəm
cockalorum
ˌkɒkəˈlɔːrəm
forum
ˈfɔːrəm
Geminorum
ˌdʒɛmɪˈnɔːrəm
indecorum
ˌɪndɪˈkɔːrəm
jorum
ˈdʒɔːrəm
Karakoram
ˌkærəˈkɔːrəm
Karakorum
ˌkærəˈkɔːrəm
Lutetia
luːˈtiːʃə pəˌrɪzɪˈɔːrəm
Mizoram
mɪˈzɔːrəm
pityrosporum
ˌpɪtɪrəʊˈspɔːrəm
quorum
ˈkwɔːrəm
variorum
ˌvɛərɪˈɔːrəm
Velorum
viːˈlɔːrəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECORUM

decor
decorate
Decorated architecture
Decorated style
decorating
decoration
decorative
decorative art
decoratively
decorativeness
decorator
decorous
decorously
decorousness
decorticate
decortication
decorticator
decoupage
decouple
decoupler

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECORUM

Aquae Mattiacorum
Augusta Treverorum
Augusta Vindelicorum
Canum Venaticorum
Curia Rhaetorum
eriophorum
Gesta Romanorum
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
Lutetia Parisiorum
pittosporum
sanctum sanctorum
schola cantorum
scholae cantorum
the Forum

Synonyms and antonyms of decorum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DECORUM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «decorum» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of decorum

Translation of «decorum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECORUM

Find out the translation of decorum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decorum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decorum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

撕破脸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decoro
570 millions of speakers

English

decorum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मर्यादा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللياقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

этикет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decoro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শালীনতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décorum
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesopanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anstand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

礼儀作法
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

예의 범절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decorum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự đoan trang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நல்லொழுக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सभ्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

edep
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decoro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decorum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

етикет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bună-cuviință
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευπρέπεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

decorum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dekorum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decorum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decorum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECORUM»

The term «decorum» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.145 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECORUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decorum» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decorum» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decorum

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9 QUOTES WITH «DECORUM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word decorum.
1
Robert Burns
Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!
2
Gail Collins
The middle of 'America's Women' is about the Civil War, and how women, black and white, confronted slavery and abolition. As in every other period of crisis, the rules of sexual decorum were suspended due to emergency.
3
Mason Cooley
Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.
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Ivan Glasenberg
I'm a CEO of a public company. You have to show decorum.
5
Abbie Hoffman
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
6
Mark McKinnon
Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.
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Pratibha Patil
It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach.
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Salvatore Quasimodo
At the point when continuity was interrupted by the first nuclear explosion, it would have been too easy to recover the formal sediment which linked us with an age of poetic decorum, of a preoccupation with poetic sounds.
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Walter Scott
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECORUM»

Discover the use of decorum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decorum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz: A Study of ...
In Decorum of the Minuet, Delirium of the Waltz, Eric McKee argues that to better understand the musical structures and expressive meanings of this dance music, one must be aware of the social contexts and bodily rhythms of the social ...
Eric McKee, 2012
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Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
John A. Ruth, 2010
3
Persona and Decorum in Milton's Prose
As literary critic and dramatist in the preface to Samson Agonistes, as bard in Paradise Lost, as orator in Areopagitica, as autobiographer in the prologue to Book II of The Reason of Church Government, as "Author" of Lycidas distinguishing ...
Reuben Sanchez, 1997
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Virgil's Aeneid: Decorum, Allusion, and Ideology
More than a decade ago, Wendell Clausen published his treatise Virgil's Aeneid and the Tradition of Hellenistic Poetry (Berkeley, 1987), based on his Sather Lectures given in 1982.
Wendell Vernon Clausen, 2002
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Beyond decorum: the photography of Iké Udé
This book, which accompanies a traveling exhibition organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art at the Maine College of Art, in Portland, Maine, is the first comprehensive publication on Ude's photography.
Iké Udé, Mark Bessire, Lauri Firstenberg, 2000
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Professional Ethics and Primary Care Medicine: Beyond ...
This volume moves beyond ethics as problem-solving or ethics as etiquette to offer a look at ethics in primary care—as opposed to life-or-death—medical care.
Harmon L. Smith, Larry R. Churchill, 1986
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The Fabulous Girl's Guide To Decorum
PROPER DATE BEHAVIOUR When out on a date, whether the first or fifth, there are certain laws of decorum that must be strictly adhered to. One of the foremost signs of civility is the ability to look your date in the eye. Even if he is the most ...
Kim Izzo, Ceri Marsh, 2010
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Shakespeare's Patterns of Self-knowledge
tertstks of the person portrayed.15 But in De Officiis (L93-151), Cicero expounded a theory of moral decorum, proper ethical behavior. Of this, he distinguished two major kinds, decorum generate and speciale. The decorum generate, he said, ...
Rolf Soellner, 1972
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Editing Across Media: Content and Process for Print and ...
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Ross F. Collins, 2013
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Humanism and the Rhetoric of Toleration
Erasmus determines the appropriate treatment by following the dictates of decorum. Before discussing Erasmus's specific application of decorum to heretics , however, I shall first show how Erasmus conceives of decorum, more generally, as a ...
Gary Remer, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECORUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decorum is used in the context of the following news items.
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Six questions for the guy who climbed onto a Broadway stage to …
It's so perfect it could be an early scene from my found footage etiquette disaster movie Quite Athwart Goes All Decorum. But failing creative ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
2
Manchester Police Department Changes Policy Banning Visible …
We were following the national trend towards professionalism and decorum. But it was becoming evident to us that military veterans were ... «New Hampshire Public Radio, Jul 15»
3
Fox psychiatrist: Letting girls play school sports made it OK to punch …
Usually, famous men exhibit “decorum” in public environments, according to Ablow. “And so look,” Ablow justifies, “if those are factors that need ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
4
Hillsborough Charter Review Board rejects idea of changing BOCC …
That prompted Cox-Roush, participating via the telephone, to tell White to show “better decorum.” “We just don't have the power. We don't have ... «SaintPetersBlog, Jul 15»
5
Residents try to recall Salinas Councilman for a second time
... Joe Gunter, the letter states five specific areas of disapproval in his behavior and failure to follow guidelines for public decorum and order. «KIONrightnow.com, Jul 15»
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Kate Middleton and Kim Murray can't hide their emotions at Andy …
As a member of the royal family, Kate might be expected to show some more decorum when on public duty. William and Kate arrive at ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
7
A supposedly sustainable fishery is harming Native Alaskans
These meetings are conducted with a refreshing amount of decorum, so when Swetzof lost his cool during his testimony, the room turned ... «InvestigateWest, Jul 15»
8
Why France's god of grim made a knockabout Clouseau-style comedy
P'tit Quinquin certainly breaks the usual decorum barrier around screen disability – particularly in the comic scene in which a young man with ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
City Council Heroes Are the Ones Who Get Rude When the People …
Whenever the mayor gets passionate about the need for decorum, look for a big money guy at his ear. Dallas Observer ... «Dallas Observer, Jul 15»
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$99: It's the price of integrity, says one Loudoun supervisor
Higgins urged his colleagues to adhere to Robert's Rules of Order's directives on decorum. “I think we can disagree without being disagreeable ... «Loudoun Times-Mirror, Jul 15»

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