EGAVE

mannerism

About 0.35 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.
  2. noun Exaggerated or affected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
  3. noun In literature, an ostentatious and unnatural style of the second half of the sixteenth century. In the contemporary criticism, described as a negation of the classicist equilibrium, pre-Baroque, and deforming expressiveness.
  4. noun In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.

Similar words

affectation idiosyncrasy foible pose trait tic mien mine maner counter-mannerism

Often followed by

of and in is that which was or to

Word family

Mannerism Mannerisms mannerisms mannerist manneristic mannerists

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