mannerism

1. n. Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Source: opted

2. n. an art style in late 16th century Europe characterized by spatial incongruity and excessive elongation of the human figures. Source: wordnet

3. n. a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual Source: wordnet

4. n. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display Source: wordnet

5. 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. Source: webster

6. Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic modeof action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially inliterature or art.Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when themanner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which doesnot sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on principle,and which can be sustained only by constant effort, is alwaysoffensive. Macaulay. Source: adambom

7. n:100 n a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual n a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display Source: ecdict

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