how to pronounce decorum

/dɪˈkɔː.ɹəm/

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decorum is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of decorum in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… his contradictory lack of decorum and …”

meaning of decorum

Decorum is the quality of being in good taste, proper, or seemly.

decorum frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word decorum occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics decorum can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that decorum can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;