DECORUM Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

decorum

noun

di-ˈkȯr-əm

Definition of decorum

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 Like Boosie, Fox is a Southern rambler out of West Memphis, Arkansas (just like his streaming juggernaut twin brother, YTB Fatt) without a filter or a sense of decorum. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026 Don’t let things like rules and decorum get in the way of what’s in it for him. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 The laws regulating habitual drunkards were intended not to protect the general public against serious danger, but to protect civil order and decorum. — Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 25 June 2026 One is about civic commonality, the other about authoritarian cynicism; one is about a city pulling together around a common pleasure, the other about desecrating the decorum of democracy. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for decorum

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Noun

Visitors slip off their shoes, in keeping with regional etiquette.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
However, in-flight cabin etiquette is only one part of what’s bugging travelers this summer.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of etiquette

Noun

And although Americans are attending church less frequently, there’s still a high degree of concern over morality and decency in the country – two qualities many people associate with organized religion.

— Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026
The second half of The Perfect Moment is really centered on them, these four performance artists who sued the government over decency rules in funding and took it to the Supreme Court.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Definition of decency

Noun

All about that plane When Qatar gave the Boeing 747, fit for an Emirate prince, to Trump last year, some observers voiced concerns, both on grounds of security and propriety.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 23 July 2026
The strongest works in The New Grotesque ingloriously depict the female body as qualified and discarded in equal measure, a battlefield on which wars over propriety are fought.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026

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