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etiquette
[ et-i-kit, -ket ]
noun
- conventional requirements as to social behavior; proprieties of conduct as established in any class or community or for any occasion.
- a prescribed or accepted code of usage in matters of ceremony, as at a court or in official or other formal observances.
- the code of ethical behavior regarding professional practice or action among the members of a profession in their dealings with each other:
medical etiquette.
etiquette
/ ˈɛtɪˌkɛt; ˌɛtɪˈkɛt /
noun
- the customs or rules governing behaviour regarded as correct or acceptable in social or official life
- a conventional but unwritten code of practice followed by members of any of certain professions or groups
medical etiquette
Word History and Origins
Origin of etiquette1
Word History and Origins
Origin of etiquette1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In a 2018 race infamous for its atrocious weather, Stocks remembers shunning social etiquette.
“Especially for Native communities where we’re very unique, knowing the etiquette and the protocols … sometimes past campaigns have sort of misstepped,” Lewis said.
“The team had style on the pitch,” Fernandez, who remembers Arteta as a player with “good etiquette and behaviour”, told The Athletic last year.
I didn’t grow up with etiquette around those things.”
According to the royal historian, it boils down to another failure to follow etiquette.
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