Editing Decorum (section)

{{Short description|Principle of classical rhetoric, poetry, and theatrical theory}}
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[[File:Fedor Bronnikov 014.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Poetry reading by Horace, an early advocate of decorum. Painting by [[Fyodor Bronnikov]]]]
'''Decorum''' (from the [[Latin]]: "right, proper") was a principle of classical [[rhetoric]], poetry, and theatrical theory concerning the fitness or otherwise of a style to a theatrical subject. The concept of ''decorum'' is also applied to [[#Social decorum|prescribed limits of appropriate social behavior]] within set situations.