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PROPERNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Correct or appropriate behavior
Synonyms:
correctitude; properness; propriety
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("properness" is a kind of...):
behavior; behaviour; conduct; demeanor; demeanour; deportment ((behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people)
Attribute:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
improper (not suitable or right or appropriate)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "properness"):
decorousness; decorum (propriety in manners and conduct)
appropriateness; rightness (appropriate conduct; doing the right thing)
correctness (the quality of conformity to social expectations)
good form (behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time)
priggishness; primness (exaggerated and arrogant properness)
modesty; reserve (formality and propriety of manner)
grace; seemliness (a sense of propriety and consideration for others)
decency (the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality)
Antonym:
improperness (an improper demeanor)
Derivation:
proper (appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs)
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
