mannerism
nounHow many syllables in mannerism?
There are 4 syllables in the word mannerism.How to pronounce mannerism:
Definition of mannerism:
- mannerism (noun):
- a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
- a distinctive and individual gesture or way of speaking
- exaggerated or affected (see affected entry 2 sense 1) adherence to a particular style or manner artificiality, preciosity
Synonyms for mannerism:
affectation
affectedness
attitude
attribute
character
characteristic
crotchet
curiosity
eccentricity
erraticism
feigning
foible
habit
idiosyncrasy
individualism
kink
oddity
pattern
peculiarity
personality
pose
practice
pretence
pretense
quiddity
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Antonyms for mannerism:
frankness
honesty
ignorance
misunderstanding
seriousness
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- congruity
- elegiac
- overbearing
- emasculate
- desperacy
- onesimus
- beautifully
- quintessential
- affectious
- charismatic
- passionate
- melismatic
- Bodhisattva
- open dating
- examinee
- indignantly
- knowledgeably
- belligerent
- balaclava
- acquiescence
- captivating
- euphemism
- capybara
- accommodate
- disgustingly
- inconvenience
- deceivingly
- oscillation
- anticlockwise
- unthinkable
- personally
- agriculture
- hurriedly
- eloquent
- centillion
- admittedly
- intermingle
- Hiroshima
- advisable
- phenolphthalein
- analytic
- procrastinate
- proverbial
- overshadow
- disconcerted
- timidity
- fictitious
- cherishable
- monocratic
- preconception
- … more
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