Antonyms for mannerism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : man-uh-riz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæn əˌrɪz əm |
Definition of mannerism
Origin :- "excessive use of distinctive methods in art or literature," 1803, from manner + -ism. Meaning "an instance of mannerism, habitual peculiarity" is from 1819. Related: Mannerisms.
- noun peculiarity of how someone behaves, acts
- "I turn against you, if at all, for a lack of mannerism," said Vera briskly.
- Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- There was something in the action that suggested more than a mannerism.
- Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees
- He had only to exaggerate this manner, or mannerism, to set London talking.
- Extract from : « Nights » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- Such a purpose degenerates into affectation, and becomes a mannerism.
- Extract from : « Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism » by F. V. N. Painter
- His emotions were dynamic, and in his every mannerism there was distinction.
- Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer
- A player should be most careful not to indicate by some mannerism that his hand is trickless.
- Extract from : « Auction of To-day » by Milton C. Work
- If one of the company had a trick or a mannerism, I never failed to catch it.
- Extract from : « The Crossing » by Winston Churchill
- She had an aversion to publicity that became really a mannerism.
- Extract from : « A History of American Literature Since 1870 » by Fred Lewis Pattee
- The resemblance in mannerism is, perhaps, more pronounced than similarity in voice.
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine » by Various
- Now, you are not afraid of the 'mannerism' you spoke of some days ago?
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 437, March 1852 » by Various
Synonyms for mannerism
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