Mannerism
21mannerism — A peculiar or unusual characteristic mode of movement, action, or speech. * * * man·ner·ism man ə .riz əm n a characteristic and often unconscious mode or peculiarity of action, bearing, or treatment esp any pointless and compulsive activity… …
22mannerism — Synonyms and related words: Gongorism, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, aroma, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, attribute, badge, brand, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, command of language, configuration, cut,… …
23mannerism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. eccentricity, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy; affectation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. idiosyncrasy, pretension, peculiarity; see characteristic , pose , quirk . See Synonym Study at pose . III (Roget s 3… …
24mannerism — man|ner|is|m [ˈmænərızəm] n a way of speaking or moving that is typical of a particular person ▪ He has the same mannerisms as his father …
25mannerism — man|ner|ism [ mænə,rızəm ] noun count a particular way of speaking or moving that someone has: little shakes of the head and other odd mannerisms …
26mannerism — man·ner·ism || mænÉ™rɪzm n. mode of behavior, particular way of acting; affectation, pretention …
27mannerism — n. Sameness of manner, uniformity, self repetition …
28mannerism — noun 1 (C, U) a way of speaking or moving that is typical of a particular person: He has the same mannerisms as his father. 2 (U) the use of a style in art that does not look natural …
29mannerism — noun she built an act around the mannerisms she d picked up from her Jewish mother and Italian aunts Syn: idiosyncrasy, quirk, oddity, foible, trait, peculiarity, habit, characteristic, tic …
30mannerism — 1. affectation, pretension, exaggeration, pretense, insincerity, airs, (esp. in Victorian England) prunes and prisms; artificiality, unnaturalness, manneredness, artifice, overelegance, overelaboration, overniceness, overnicety, overrefinement;… …
