I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth.
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Decencies
Synonyms for "decencies" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Noun(2 words)
academic normscourtesy
Strong matches (18)
decorousnessdecorumdiplomatic codeeleganceeleganciesetiquetteexquisite mannersfitnessfittingnessformalitiesgood formgood mannersgoodnessmanners
Related words (30)
moresnatural politenessnicenessnormalitynormativenesspoint of etiquettepolitenesspolitessepropernessproprietiesproprietyprotocolpunctilioquiet good mannersrighteousnessrightnessrules of conductseemlinesssocial codesocial conduct
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Noun(5 words)
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More general
6 entriesacademic practiceethical virtuemoral qualitymoral standardprofessional standardsocial norm
More specific
10 entriesCollocations
6 entriesbasic decenciescommon decenciesdecencies of lifemoral decenciespublic decenciessocial decencies
Derivations
3 entriesSample sentences
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