social nicety

Definitions

1. 1

   A social behavior that is engaged in for the purpose of being polite

   A social behavior that is engaged in for the purpose of being polite; an act that reflects refinement, decorum, and courtesy.

   • 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.
2. 2

   Adherence to the social norms associated with high social status.

   • 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.
   • Accordingly, it is defined by such attributes as Christian monogamous marriage, respect for formal authority, sobriety, a preoccupation with upward mobility, and attention to elite norms of social nicety, decorum, and manners.

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