social nicety
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A social behavior that is engaged in for the purpose of being polite; an act that reflects refinement, decorum, and courtesy.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "Behaviour in this sense is a very broad term, not limited to notions of politeness, etiquette and social niceties of which members of a culture are aware and might find wanting in a foreigner."
- "The doctor should use formal greetings and establish rapport by asking about the patient's family, offering a drink, or performing some other social nicety before discussing the patient's medical problem."
- "In other words, expressiveness in the therapist was not just a social nicety, it enhanced recovery."
- "The new and prosperous class of industrialists and manufacturers began to learn social niceties and extravagances from the aristocracy , but at the same leavened custom and fashion to their own more vigorous way of life."
- "There is the underlying irony that considerations of social nicety move the hostess, Fran von Brenkfeld to conceal Klemens's death and the Graf's illness under her roof from her guests."
- "This expectation of social nicety may lead to the silencing of voices that speak out for social change by people who are enjoying a privileged social osition and suddenly feel uncomforatable by an apparent lack of "niceness" by voices that demand systemic change theat promotes equity for all."