Mannerism Synonyms

mănə-rĭzəm
A distinctive behavioral trait, especially one that calls attention to itself; an idiosyncrasy.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. affectation

Words Related to Mannerism

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Mannerism Sentence Examples

  • There is none of the mannerism of a long tradition, but a nobility pervades them which has no self-consciousness.

  • He allows his taste for these tricks of style to degenerate into mannerism.

  • We chatted a while but I couldn't get his odd mannerism out of my head.

  • For although there was at that time a recognized poetical style, already degenerating to mannerism, a developed prose style did not exist.

  • Too quickly it became a worldwide modem art mannerism, a style merely, lacking heart.

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