deportment
Other forms: deportments
Deportment has to do with how you behave and present yourself. Being polite, well-dressed, and soft-spoken shows excellent deportment.
People say you shouldn't judge by appearances, but how you present yourself — your deportment — matters. How you dress, speak, look and carry yourself is all part of deportment or demeanor. If you're polite, helpful, and smile a lot, your deportment is friendly and kind. If you're constantly swearing and shouting, your deportment is negative and hostile.
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(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other peopletypes:mannerssocial deportmentcitizenshipconduct as a citizenswashbucklingflamboyantly reckless and boastful behaviorimmaturityinappropriately childish behavior or mannermaturitythe behavior or manner expected of or appropriate to an adultcorrectnessthe quality of conformity to social expectationsgood formbehavior that conforms to social conventions of the timedecencythe quality of conforming to standards of propriety and moralityincorrectnesslack of conformity to social expectationsindelicacythe trait of being indelicate and offensiveindecencythe quality of being indecentbedside mannermanner or conduct of a physician in the presence of a patientinformalitya manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriouslytype of:traita distinguishing feature of your personal nature
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