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The correct spelling is mannerisms.
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noun
Say it like: Man-ner-ism-s
The correct spelling is mannerisms. A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.
- 2.Exaggerated or affected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
- 3.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.
- 4.In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.
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