'Mannerism' definitions:
Definition of 'mannerism'
From: WordNet
noun
A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual [syn: idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism]
noun
Definition of 'Mannerism'
From: GCIDE
- Mannerism \Man"ner*ism\, n. [Cf. F. mani['e]risme.]
- 1. Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, behavior, or treatment of others. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Adherence to a peculiar style or manner carried to excess, especially in literature or art. [1913 Webster]
- Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which does not sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on principle, and which can be sustained only by constant effort, is always offensive. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mannerism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affectation,
- affectedness,
- airs,
- airs and graces,
- aroma,
- artfulness,
- artifice,
- artificiality,
- attribute,
- badge,
- brand,
- cachet,
- cast,
- character,
- characteristic,
- command of language,
- configuration,
- cut,
- differentia,
- differential,
- distinctive feature,
- earmark,
- eccentricity,
- euphemism,
- euphuism,
- exaggeration,
- expression of ideas,
- facade,
- false front,
- false show,
- fashion,
- feature,
- feeling for words,
- feigned belief,
- figure,
- flavor,
- form of speech,
- front,
- Gongorism,
- grace of expression,
- grandiloquence,
- gust,
- habit,
- hallmark,
- hyperelegance,
- hypocrisy,
- idiocrasy,
- idiosyncrasy,
- image,
- impress,
- impression,
- index,
- individualism,
- inflation,
- insincerity,
- keynote,
- lineaments,
- literary style,
- lugs,
- manner,
- manner of speaking,
- manneredness,
- mark,
- marking,
- mere show,
- minauderie,
- mode,
- mode of expression,
- mold,
- nature,
- oddness,
- odor,
- overelaboration,
- overelegance,
- overniceness,
- overrefinement,
- particularity,
- peculiar trait,
- peculiarity,
- personal style,
- preciosity,
- preciousness,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- pretentiousness,
- property,
- prunes and prisms,
- public image,
- purism,
- put-on,
- putting on airs,
- quality,
- queerness,
- quirk,
- rhetoric,
- savor,
- seal,
- sense of language,
- sham,
- shape,
- show,
- singularity,
- smack,
- specialty,
- stamp,
- strain,
- style,
- stylishness,
- stylistic analysis,
- stylistics,
- taint,
- tang,
- taste,
- the grand style,
- the plain style,
- the sublime,
- token,
- trademark,
- trait,
- trick,
- trick of behavior,
- unnaturalness,
- vein,
- way
Words containing 'Mannerism'
- Manner,
- Mannered,
- Mannerly,
- in some manner,
- manners,
- By any manner of means,
- By no manner of means,
- Manners bit,
- To be taken in the manner,
- To be taken with the manner,
- bad manners,
- bedside manner,
- good manners,
- in a beastly manner,
- manner name,
- manner of speaking,
- manner of walking,
- personal manner,
- Ill-mannered,
- To make one's manners,
- Well-mannered,
- bad-mannered,
- mild-mannered