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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| Old French ''estiquette'' ). The primary sense in French is [[represented]] by [[English]] ''ticket'' n.1 (an adoption either of the [[word]] or the synonymous ''étiquet'' < ''estiquet'' ): in Old French the word chiefly denotes a [[soldier]]'s billet. The [[transition]] from the sense ‘ticket, label’ to that of ‘prescribed [[routine]]’ presents no intrinsic [[difficulty]], but its actual [[history]] in French is not very [[clear]]. | | Old French ''estiquette'' ). The primary sense in French is [[represented]] by [[English]] ''ticket'' n.1 (an adoption either of the [[word]] or the synonymous ''étiquet'' < ''estiquet'' ): in Old French the word chiefly denotes a [[soldier]]'s billet. The [[transition]] from the sense ‘ticket, label’ to that of ‘prescribed [[routine]]’ presents no intrinsic [[difficulty]], but its actual [[history]] in French is not very [[clear]]. |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1750] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_century 1750] |
| ==Definition== | | ==Definition== |
| *1: the [[conduct]] or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by [[authority]] to be [[observed]] in [[social]] or official life | | *1: the [[conduct]] or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by [[authority]] to be [[observed]] in [[social]] or official life |
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| '''Etiquette''' is a [[code]] of [[behavior]] that delineates [[expectations]] for social [[behavior]] according to contemporary [[conventional]] [[norms]] within a [[society]], social class, or group. | | '''Etiquette''' is a [[code]] of [[behavior]] that delineates [[expectations]] for social [[behavior]] according to contemporary [[conventional]] [[norms]] within a [[society]], social class, or group. |
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− | Like [[culture]], ''etiquette'' is a word that has [[gradually]] grown to become plural, especially in a multi-ethnic [[society]] with many clashing [[expectations]]. Thus, it is now possible to refer to "an etiquette" or "a culture", realizing that these may not be [[universal]]. In Britain, the word "etiquette" has been [[described]] as the one word that aptly describes life during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era reign of Queen Victoria].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiquette] | + | Like [[culture]], ''etiquette'' is a word that has [[gradually]] grown to become plural, especially in a multi-ethnic [[society]] with many clashing [[expectations]]. Thus, it is now possible to refer to "an etiquette" or "a culture", realizing that these may not be [[universal]]. In Britain, the word "etiquette" has been [[described]] as the one word that aptly describes life during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era reign of Queen Victoria].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiquette] |
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| [[Category: Sociology]] | | [[Category: Sociology]] |
| [[Category: Anthropology]] | | [[Category: Anthropology]] |