mannerism

See also Mannerism

English

Etymology 1

manner +‎ -ism

Noun

mannerism (plural mannerisms)

1. A group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.
2. Exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior.

Translations

a group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual

• French: maniérisme (fr) m
• German: Manierismus (de) m

• Russian: манерность (ru) (manérnostʹ) f, маньеризм (ru) (manʹjerízm) m (West European style in literature, etc.)

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• Italian: affettazione, leziosaggine.
  • abitudine, vezzo, posa.
  • manierismo.

References

• APA Dictionary of Psychology, 2007

Etymology 2

From Italian manierismo, from maniera, coined by L. Lanzi at the end of the XVIII century.

Alternative forms

• Mannerism

Noun

mannerism (plural mannerisms)

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