The way tourists dress offends the local standard of propriety.
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Propriety
Synonyms for "propriety" (227 found)
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Closest matches (46)
Strong matches (68)
criticalitycrucialnesscustomdecenciesdecencydecorousnessdecorumdefensibilitydelicacydesirabilitydignitydirectnessdiscriminationdistinctiondrumhead justiceduenesseaseeleganceelegancyequitableness
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equityetiquetteevenhandednessexpedienceexpediencyfavorablenessfeasibilityfelicitousnessfelicityfinishfitnessfittednessfittingnessflowflowing periodsfluencyformformalityfruitfulnessgenteelnessgentilitygive-and-takegood formgood tastegoodnessgracegracefulnessgracilityhappinesshealthjusticejustifiabilityjustifiablenessjustificationjustnesslawfulnesslegality
Related words (113)
limpidityloadednessluciditymannerlinessmeasure for measuremeetnessmodestymoralitymoresnaturalismnaturalnessnaturismneatnessnemesisnicenessnormalcynormalitynormalnessnormativenessopportuneness
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orderorderlinesspelluciditypercentageperspicuityplainnesspoetic justicepolishpolitenesspolitessepoliticnesspregnancyprofitprofitabilitypropernesspropitiousnessproprietiesprotocolprudencepudencypudicitypunctiliopurityqualificationrealismrefinementregularityrelevancerespectabilityrestraintretributive justicerightright mindedrighteousnessrightfulnessrightnessripenessritualrude justicerulescales of justiceseasonablenesssedatenessseemlinessshamesimplicitysmoothnesssocial conventionsocial usagestraightforwardnesssuitabilitysuitablenesssummary justicetastetastefulnesstersenessthe proprietiestimelinesstraditionunaffectednessurbanityusefulnesswarrantabilitywarrantednesswhat is rightwholesomenesswisdomworthwhileness
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
59 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- (благо)приличие noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- правилност noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
- уместност noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
Catalan
2 entries- propietat noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
- propietat noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Danish
3 entries- ordentlighed noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
- rigtighed noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
- sømmelighed noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Dutch
4 entries- correctheid noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- fatsoen noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- geschiktheid noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- goede manieren noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Esperanto
1 entries- taŭgo noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
French
4 entries- bienséance noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- bonnes manières noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- convenances noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- correction noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
German
4 entries- Angemessenheit noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
- Anstand noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- Anständigkeit noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- Form noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Hungarian
4 entries- helyesség noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
- helyénvalóság noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
- illem noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- illendőség noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Macedonian
4 entries- прикладност noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
- пристојност noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- умесност noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
- умесност noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഔചിത്യം noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Middle English
1 entries- honeste noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Sittlichkjeit noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Portuguese
2 entries- propriedade noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
- propriedade noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Romanian
3 entries- corectitudine noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- cuviință noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- decență noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
Russian
4 entries- благопристо́йность noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- обосно́ванность noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
- пра́вильность noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
- присто́йность noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अचर noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Spanish
3 entries- procedencia noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- propiedad noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
- propriedad noun (correctness in behaviour and morals)
Swedish
1 entries- lämplighet noun (fitness; the quality of being appropriate)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The way tourists dress offends local standards of propriety.
Source: tatoeba (1275820)
The Master said, "If a man be without the virtues proper to humanity, what has he to do with the rites of propriety? If a man be without the virtues proper to humanity, what has he to do with music?"
Source: tatoeba (4428996)
Our people had been so long accustomed to the practice and convenience of having slaves, that very few among them even doubted the propriety and rectitude of it.
Source: tatoeba (6003109)
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