MANNER'ISTIC
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mannerism (ˈmænəˌrɪzəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a distinctive and individual gesture or trait; idiosyncrasy |
| 2. | (often capital) a principally Italian movement in art and architecture between the High Renaissance and Baroque periods (1520--1600) that sought to represent an ideal of beauty rather than natural images of it, using characteristic distortion and exaggeration of human proportions, perspective, etc |
| 3. | adherence to a distinctive or affected manner, esp in art or literature |
| 'mannerist | |
| —n | |
| manner'istic | |
| —adj | |
| manner'istical | |
| —adj | |
| manner'istically | |
| —adv | |
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