• 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.


    Mannerism meaning & definition 1 of Mannerism.


  • Referring to ones characteristic actions (often unconscious mode).

    Mannerism meaning & definition 2 of Mannerism.


  • A habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving.

    Mannerism meaning & definition 3 of Mannerism.


  • something that a person does repeatedly with their face, hands, or voice, and that they may not realize they are doing:

    Mannerism meaning & definition 4 of Mannerism.

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