mannerism
noun
1 mannerism
A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual.
synonyms: foible, idiosyncrasy.
Roget 880:
vanity;
conceit,
conceitedness;
self-conceit,
self-complacency,
self-confidence,
self-sufficiency,
self-esteem,
self-love,
self-approbation,
self-praise,
self-glorification,
self-laudation,
self-gratulation†,
self-applause,
self-admiration;
amour propre [Fr.];
selfishness
etc.
943.
airs,
affected manner,
pretensions,
mannerism;
egotism;
priggism†,
priggishness;
coxcombry,
gaudery†,
vainglory,
elation;
pride
etc.
878;
ostentation
etc.
882;
assurance
etc.
885.
vox et praeterea nihil [Lat.];
cheval de bataille [Fr.].
coxcomb
etc.
854;
Sir Oracle
etc.
887.
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Roget 79:
speciality,
specialite†;
individuality,
individuity†;
particularity,
peculiarity;
idiocrasy
etc.
(tendency)
176;
personality,
characteristic,
mannerism,
idiosyncrasy;
specificness
etc.
adj.†;
singularity
etc.
(unconformity)
83;
reading,
version,
lection;
state;
trait;
distinctive feature;
technicality;
differentia.
particulars,
details,
items,
counts;
minutiae.
I,
self,
I myself;
myself,
himself,
herself,
itself.
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Roget 83:
nonconformity
etc.
82;
unconformity,
disconformity;
unconventionality,
informality,
abnormity†,
abnormality,
anomaly;
anomalousness
etc.
adj.†;
exception,
peculiarity;
infraction of law,
breach,
of law,
violation of law,
violation of custom,
violation of usage,
infringement of law,
infringement of custom,
infringement of usage;
teratism†,
eccentricity,
bizarrerie†,
oddity,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
monster,
monstrosity,
rarity;
freak,
freak of Nature,
weirdo,
mutant;
rouser,
snorter [U.S.].
individuality,
idiosyncrasy,
originality,
mannerism.
aberration;
irregularity;
variety;
singularity;
exemption;
salvo
etc.
(qualification)
469.
nonconformist;
nondescript,
character,
original,
nonesuch,
nonsuch†,
monster,
prodigy,
wonder,
miracle,
curiosity,
flying fish,
black sheep,
black swan,
lusus naturae [Lat.],
rara avis [Lat.],
queer fish;
mongrel,
random breed;
half-caste,
half-blood,
half-breed;
metis [Lat.],
crossbreed,
hybrid,
mule,
hinny,
mulatto;
tertium quid [Lat.],
hermaphrodite.
[Mythical animals]
phoenix,
chimera,
hydra,
sphinx,
minotaur;
griffin,
griffon;
centaur;
saggittary†;
kraken,
cockatrice,
wyvern,
roc,
dragon,
sea serpent;
mermaid,
merman,
merfolk†;
unicorn;
Cyclops,
men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"
[Othello];
teratology.
[unconformable to the surroundings]
fish out of water;
neither one thing nor another,
neither fish nor fowl,
neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring;
one in a million,
one in a way,
one in a thousand;
outcast,
outlaw;
off the beaten track;
oasis.
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Roget 579:
inelegance;
stiffness
etc.
adj.;
unlettered Muse"
[Gray];
barbarism;
slang
etc.
563;
solecism
etc.
568;
mannerism
etc.
(affectation)
855;
euphuism†;
fustian
etc.
577;
cacophony;
words that break the teeth,
words that dislocate the jaw;
marinism†.
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Dutch: persoonlijke eigenaardigheid, jargon, eigenaardigheid, eigenheid
Polish: idiosynkrazja
2 mannerism
A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
synonyms: affectation, affectedness, pose.
Roget 855:
affectation;
affectedness
etc.
adj.;
acting a part
etc.
v.;
pretense
etc.
(falsehood)
544,
(ostentation)
882;
boasting
etc.
884.
charlatanism,
quackery,
shallow profundity;
pretension,
airs,
pedantry,
purism,
precisianism,
euphuism;
teratology
etc.
(altiloquence)
577.
mannerism,
simagree,
grimace.
conceit,
foppery,
dandyism,
man millinery,
coxcombry,
puppyism.
stiffness,
formality,
buckram;
prudery,
demureness,
coquetry,
mock modesty,
minauderie,
sentimentalism;
mauvais honte,
false shame.
affector,
performer,
actor;
pedant,
pedagogue,
doctrinaire,
purist,
euphuist,
mannerist;
grimacier;
lump of affectation,
precieuse ridicule [Fr.],
bas bleu [Fr.],
blue stocking,
poetaster;
prig;
charlatan
etc.
(deceiver)
548;
petit maitre
etc.
(fop)
854;
flatterer
etc.
935;
coquette,
prude,
puritan.
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Dutch: aanstellerij, ik ben ..., maniërisme
Polish: manieryzm, maniera
Moby thesaurus: Gongorism, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, aroma, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, attribute, badge, brand, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, command of language, configuration, cut, differentia, differential, distinctive feature, earmark, eccentricity, euphemism, euphuism, exaggeration, expression of ideas, facade, false front, false show, fashion, feature, feeling for words, feigned belief, figure, flavor, form of speech, front, grace of expression, grandiloquence, gust, habit, hallmark, hyperelegance, hypocrisy, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, image, impress, impression, index, individualism, inflation, insincerity, keynote, lineaments, literary style, lugs, manner, manner of speaking, manneredness, mark, marking, mere show, minauderie, mode, mode of expression, mold, nature, oddness, odor, overelaboration, overelegance, overniceness, overrefinement, particularity, peculiar trait, peculiarity, personal style, preciosity, preciousness, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, property, prunes and prisms, public image, purism, put-on, putting on airs, quality, queerness, quirk, rhetoric, savor, seal, sense of language, sham, shape, show, singularity, smack, specialty, stamp, strain, style, stylishness, stylistic analysis, stylistics, taint, tang, taste, the grand style, the plain style, the sublime, token, trademark, trait, trick, trick of behavior, unnaturalness, vein, way ... show more.
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