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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
| Synonyms: | accepted conduct, amenities, breeding, civilities, correctness, courtesy, decency, decorum, delicacy, dignity, etiquette, good behavior, good form, modesty, mores*, niceties, politeness, politesse, protocol, punctilio, rectitude, refinement, respectability, rules of conduct, seemliness, social conventions, social grace, the done thing |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, impropriety, misbehavior, misconduct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tradition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | established practice |
| Synonyms: | attitude, belief, birthright, conclusion, convention, culture, custom, customs, ethic, ethics, fable, folklore, form, habit, heritage, idea, inheritance, institution, law, legend, lore, mores, myth, mythology, mythos, opinion, practice, praxis, ritual, unwritten law, usage, wisdom |
| Main Entry: | values |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principles |
| Synonyms: | attitude, beliefs, character, code, conduct, conscience, ethics, ideals, integrity, morals, mores, scruples, sense of duty, sense of honor, standards |
| Main Entry: | ethics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | morality |
| Synonyms: | belief, conduct, conscience, convention, conventionalities, criteria, decency, ethic, ethos, goodness, honesty, honor, ideal, imperative, integrity, moral code, morality, mores, natural law, nature, practice, principles, standard, standards, value |
| Notes: | morality is beliefs regarding appropriate behavior, while ethics is the formal study of morality |
| Main Entry: | social graces |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
| Synonyms: | breeding, civility, consideration, courtesy, decorum, elegancies, etiquette, formalities, manners, mores, polished manners, politeness, proper conduct, protocol, savoir vivre, table manners, tact |
| Main Entry: | good form |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manners |
| Synonyms: | amenities, bearing, behavior, breeding, carriage, ceremony, civilities, comportment, conduct, courtesy, culture, decorum, demeanor, deportment, dignity, elegance, etiquette, formalities, good breeding, mien, mores, p's and q's, polish, politeness, polites |
| Main Entry: | rightfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ethics |
| Synonyms: | belief, conduct, conscience, convention, conventionalities, criteria, decency, ethic, ethicality, ethicalness, ethos, goodness, honesty, honor, ideal, imperative, integrity, moral code, morality, mores, natural law, nature, practice, principles, propriety, righteousness, rightness, standard, standards, value |
| Main Entry: | rightness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ethics |
| Synonyms: | belief, conduct, conscience, convention, conventionalities, criteria, decency, ethic, ethicality, ethicalness, ethos, goodness, honesty, honor, ideal, imperative, integrity, moral code, morality, mores, natural law, nature, practice, principles, propriety, righteousness, rightfulness, standard, standards, value |
| Main Entry: | majority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plurality, most |
| Synonyms: | best part, bulk, greater number, greater part, larger part, lion's share, mass, max, more, more than half, preponderance, superiority |
| Notes: | a majority is more than half the votes, while a plurality is simply getting more votes than the other person(s) |
| Antonyms: | minority, secondary |
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