Mannerism vs Behavior - What's the difference?
mannerism | behavior |
A group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.
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Exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
(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.
(uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.
(uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
(uncountable, informal) A state of probation about one's conduct.
(countable) An instance of the way a living creature behaves.
(countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) Observable response produced by an organism.
(uncountable) The way a device or system operates.
As nouns the difference between mannerism and behavior
is that 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 while behavior is (uncountable) human conduct relative to social norms.mannerism
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Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)References
* APA Dictionary of Psychology, 2007Etymology 2
From (etyl) , from (maniera), coined by at the end of the XVIII century.Alternative forms
* MannerismNoun
(en noun)behavior
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Alternative forms
* behaviour (everywhere except US) * (l), (l), (l), (l)Noun
(en-noun)- He was on his best behavior when her family visited.