Decency and Taste

Decency

Decency noun - Socially acceptable behavior.

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Taste and decency are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taste" instead a noun "Decency".

Nearby Words: decent, decently

Taste noun - The property of a substance that can be identified by the sense of taste.

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Decency and taste are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decency" instead a noun "Taste".

Nearby Words: tasteless, tasteful, tasty, tasted, tastefully

human	human decency	human taste
simple	simple decency	simple taste
real	real decency	real taste
little	little decency	little taste
Other adjectives: conventional.

It resulted in probably the earliest large-scale eruption of protests about "taste and decency" involving a British TV programme.

Source: Literature / Nineteen Eighty-Four
All good taste and decency aside; he does spend half his time as a world-class hottie.

Source: Series / Jekyll
The internet has been responsible for bringing the world a visual medium where there is, for the most part, little to no censorship on any matter, including decency and taste.

Source: Nightmare Fuel / Web Original

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