Associations to the word «Mannerism»

Wiktionary

MANNERISM, noun. A group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.
MANNERISM, noun. Exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
MANNERISM, noun. (arts) (literature) 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.
MANNERISM, noun. (arts) (literature) In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.
MANNERISM, noun. (arts) A style of art developed at the end of the High Renaissance, characterized by the deliberate distortion and exaggeration of perspective and especially the elongation of figures.

Dictionary definition

MANNERISM, noun. A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual.
MANNERISM, noun. A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis