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CODE OF CONDUCT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does code of conduct mean?
• CODE OF CONDUCT (noun)
The noun CODE OF CONDUCT has 1 sense:
1. a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group
Familiarity information: CODE OF CONDUCT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
code of behavior; code of conduct
Hypernyms ("code of conduct" is a kind of...):
convention; formula; normal; pattern; rule (something regarded as a normative example)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "code of conduct"):
courtly love ((Middle Ages) a highly conventionalized code of conduct for lovers)
knight errantry ((Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry)
protocol (code of correct conduct)
Context examples
His old code of conduct was changing.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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