mannerism
Meaning of mannerism
noun
- A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.
- Exaggerated or affected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
- 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.
- In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.
Information about mannerism
- It is a name.
- The plural form of mannerism is: mannerisms.
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Hyphenation of mannerism
man-ner-ism
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- mannerism is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
mannerism synonyms
Meaning idiosyncrasy:
Meaning affectation:
affectation, pose, affectedness
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