"Social propriety" refers to following certain conventions and rules in society that are considered appropriate or polite. It involves behaving in a manner that is socially acceptable and respectful to others.
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Sentences with «social propriety»
- He chafed against the limits of social propriety by welcoming prostitutes and adulterers, crooks and outcasts into his gracious presence. (religion-online.org)
- Prim and proper and British all over, the drama begins with a single incident that ripples out to color the rest of their lives, sexual anxiety and social propriety in direct competition with one another. (rollingstone.com)
- Discuss how Alice is frequently pulled between social propriety and Bohemian freedom? (bookbrowse.com)
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