About The Word Indecorum
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Indecorum
Indecorum Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Indecorum?
[n] an act of undue intimacy
[n] a lack of decorum Synonyms | Synonyms for Indecorum: familiarity | impropriety | indecorousness | liberty Related Terms | Find terms related to Indecorum: aberrance | aberrancy | abnormality | Babbittry | bad taste | blooper | boner | boo-boo | bourgeois taste | break | camp | campiness | criminality | delinquency | deviance | deviancy | faux pas | gaffe | high camp | illegality | improperness | impropriety | inappropriateness | incorrectness | indecency | indecorousness | indelicacy | indiscreetness | indiscretion | inelegance | inelegancy | infraction | kitsch | low camp | philistinism | poor taste | pop | pop culture | sinfulness | solecism | tastelessness | unaestheticism | unaestheticness | unbecomingness | unchastity | unfitness | unfittingness | unlawfulness | unmeetness | unrighteousness | unseemliness | unsuitability | unsuitableness | violation | vulgar taste | vulgarism | vulgarity | vulgarness | wickedness | wrong | wrongfulness | wrongness See Also | improperness | impropriety | misbehavior | misbehaviour | misdeed | unbecomingness | unseemliness Indecorum In Webster's Dictionary \In`de*co"rum\, n. [Pref. in- not + decorum: cf. L.
indecorous unbecoming.]
1. Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior
or manners which violates the established rules of
civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness.
2. An indecorous or becoming action. --Young.
Syn: Indecorum is sometimes synonymous with indecency; but
indecency, more frequently than indecorum, is applied to
words or actions which refer to what nature and
propriety require to be concealed or suppressed.
Indecency is the stronger word; indecorum refers to any
transgression of etiquette or civility, especially in
public.
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