Translation of decorum – English-Polish dictionary

decorum

noun [ U ]
  formal
uk
/dɪˈkɔːrəm/
us

(Translation of decorum from the Cambridge English–Polish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of decorum | PASSWORD English-Polish Dictionary

decorum
noun
/diˈkoːrəm/
formal
quiet, dignified and proper behaviour/behavior
dobre maniery
The man behaved with decorum in the old lady’s presence.

(Translation of decorum from the PASSWORD English-Polish Dictionary © 2022 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of decorum

decorum
Such ideas of decorum were part of an integrated civic vision, described in the final chapters on the embellishment of towns.
The implications of decorum have varied significantly over time as has the kind of action it has been used to justify.
Her text falls into place alongside recent studies of the issue of decorum in medieval art, and of aesthetic multiplicity.
The second phase, the late seventeenth and eighteenth century, sees decorum isolated and codified.
Maintaining regal decorum, she is nearly always in control of her emotions - and of her voice.
The governing idea in most seventeenth-century discussions of preaching styles is rhetorical decorum.
In effect, decorum meant propriety, which of course is how the word may be translated.
Rhetorical decorum, however, tolerates what is unauthorised, unprecedented, and unnatural for the sake of effective communication.
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Translations of decorum

in Chinese (Traditional)
穩重,端莊…
in Chinese (Simplified)
稳重,端庄…
in Spanish
decoro…
in Portuguese
decoro…
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uygun ve doğru davranış, edep, terbiye…
décorum…
decorum…
dobré způsoby…
anstændighed, etikette…
sopan…
มารยาท, สมบัติผู้ดี…
sự lịch thiệp…
anständighet, dekorum, värdighet…
beradab…
der Anstand…
anstendighet, folkeskikk, verdighet…
пристойність, декорум…
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