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Modern vs Decorous - What's the difference?

modern | decorous |

As adjectives the difference between modern and decorous

is that modern is pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient while decorous is marked by proper behavior.

As a noun modern

is someone who lives in modern times.

modern

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
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  • *:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ΒΆ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
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  • (lb) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

    • Synonyms

    * contemporary

    Antonyms

    * dated * old * pre-modern * ancient

    Derived terms

    * modern-day * modernise, modernize verb * modernity noun * postmodern (''see also prepostmodern, postpostmodern) * premodern * early modern

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who lives in modern times.
  • * 1779 , Edward Capell, ?John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare
    • What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd
  • * 1956 , John Albert Wilson, The Culture of Ancient Egypt (page 144)
    • Even though we moderns can never crawl inside the skin of the ancient and think and feel as he did we must as historians make the attempt.

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    decorous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Marked by proper behavior. (rfex)
  • * 1919 ,
    • But who can fathom the subtleties of the human heart? Certainly not those who expect from it only decorous sentiments and normal emotions.

    Related terms

    * decorum