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etiquette, name for the codes of rules governing social or diplomatic intercourse. These codes vary from the more or less flexible laws of social usage (differing according to local customs or taboos) to the rigid conventions of court and military circles, and they extend to the legal, medical, and other professions. All cultures include forms of etiquette; often, etiquette has been used to enforce class distinctions, as well as safeguarding against conflict in social interactions.
BibliographySee J. Martin, Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior (1983); E. Post, Emily Post's Etiquette (15th ed. 1992); Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette (ed. by N. Tuckerman, 1995). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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How should architects respond to briefs where they are expected to throw away etiquettes and time frames which are generally considered necessary? ; others - and here I'd include myself - would contend that Shapin has put himself to great labor to prove something rather obvious, that shared practices generate collective etiquettes. Informal communication, whether in the domestic setting or workplace, may lack structure, but it is regulated by tacit codes and etiquettes (the norms of scientific conduct posited by Merton [1973] are an example, and the phenomenon is observable in other contexts) which bond social actors into groups, clans, clubs, and families. |
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