Mannerist

mannerism | American Dictionary

mannerism
noun[ C ]
us/ˈmæn·əˌrɪz·əm/
something that a person does repeatedly with the face, hands, or voice, esp. a habit that the person is not aware of:
We’ve spent so much time together that we’ve picked up each other’s mannerisms.

Examples of mannerism

mannerism
Is effeminacy a limp wrist, a set of facial mannerisms, a way of crossing one's legs, a certain posture?
Each spirit has ascribed attributes or traits and mannerisms by which they are known and recognized.
He wasn't full of mannerisms and little tricks of the trade.
They wore extraordinarily showy garments and adopted distinctive mannerisms.
Nevertheless, the effect is again compulsive, only this time compulsion surfaces in the shape of mannerism.
The digital 'avant-garde' has degenerated into a banal mannerism, producing homogeneous results with little regard for cultural contexts all over the world.
First they presented the audience with characters who had surrounded themselves with a shield of nervous and artificial physical and vocal mannerisms.
He was instantly recognisable by his father's profile, uncannily, even by his posture, gestures and mannerisms, but especially by the diamond clarity of his voice.
Australian authors wear down and wear out their readers by the repetition of horrors, instances of similar incidents, lists of details, or stylistic mannerisms.
The uncertainty of this contemporary architectural climate is powerfully mirrored in the artistic language of mannerism.
It is a language of gestures and mannerisms.
This mannerism aims to create a visual effect and thus induce movement, 'draw people through and persuade them to linger (in the deepest spaces) rather than rushing through'.
This rare song collection was unique in its authentic flavour of vocal interpretations, and the repertoire exhibited a large array of vocal mannerisms found in rural areas.
They have become a mannerism.
This mannerism, with its play of styles and materials, ultimately coincides with a tension more cumulative than transgressive, giving rise neither to new dramatic forms nor to new languages.
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