Mannerism
['mænərɪz(ə)m] or ['mænə'rɪzəm]
Definition
(n.) Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sameness of manner.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Self-repetition, affectation, euphuism, self-consciousness
ANT:Naturalness, unaffectedness, character, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, genuineness,specialty
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Examples
- I have no doubt at all that a family mannerism can be traced in these two specimens of writing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- A prejudice against some mannerism or a dislike of pretensions may merely cloak some other kind of routine. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mentally, the likeness between them, as Newland was aware, was less complete than their identical mannerisms often made it appear. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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