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Mannerism
| Mannerism Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Mannerism?
[n] a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
[n] a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mannerism: affectation |
foible |
idiosyncrasy |
pose
Related Terms | Find terms related to Mannerism: 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
See Also | attitude |
distinctiveness |
feigning |
peculiarity |
pretence |
pretending |
pretense |
simulation |
speciality |
specialness |
specialty
Mannerism In Webster's Dictionary
\Man"ner*ism\, n. [Cf. F. mani['e]risme.]
Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic
mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess,
especially in literature or art.
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.
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