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Word: Mannerism
Speech Type: Noun
ˈmanərɪz(ə)m
a habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving
Short Definition:habitual speech or behaviour
Examples:- learning the great man's speeches and studying his mannerisms
excessive use of a distinctive style in art, literature, or music
Short Definition:overuse of style
Examples:- he seemed deliberately to be stripping his art of mannerism
a style of 16th-century Italian art preceding the Baroque, characterized by distortions in scale and perspective and the use of bright, often lurid colours. It is particularly associated with the work of Parmigianino, Pontormo, Vasari, and the later Michelangelo.
Short Definition:artistic style
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