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Demeanor vs Mannerism - What's the difference?

demeanor | mannerism |

As nouns the difference between demeanor and mannerism

is that demeanor is the social, non-verbal behaviours (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a person while mannerism is (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.

demeanor

English

Alternative forms

* demeanour (British spelling)

Noun

  • The social, non-verbal behaviours (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a person.
    • The man's demeanor made others suspicious of his intentions.
    A confident demeanor is crucial for persuading others.
  • * {{quote-book, a. 1587, , Historie of England, section=Book III citation
    • , passage=At this present (saith he) certeine princes of Britaine, procuring by ambassadors and dutifull demeanors the amitie of the emperour Augustus, haue offered in the capitoll vnto the gods presents or gifts, and haue ordeined the whole Ile in a manner to be appertinent, proper, and familiar to the Romans.}}
  • * {{quote-book, 1993, editor=John J. Fay, chapter=Interrogation: The Kinesics Technique, , Encyclopedia of Security Management, isbn=0750696605 citation
    • , passage=Demeanors' that are apologetic and overly polite are inherently contradictory to ' demeanors that exhibit fear and anger.}}

    Synonyms

    * behavior * comportment

    Related terms

    * demean * misdemeanor

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    mannerism

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.}}
  • Exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
    • References
    * APA Dictionary of Psychology, 2007

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , from (maniera), coined by at the end of the XVIII century.

    Alternative forms

    * Mannerism

    Noun

    (en 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.
  • (arts, literature) In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.