Meaning of DEMEANOR
| Pronunciation: | | di'meenur
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| | Definition: | | [n] (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
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| | Synonyms: | | behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanour, deportment |
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| | See Also: | | citizenship, correctitude, improperness, impropriety, manner, manners, personal manner, properness, propriety, swashbuckling, trait | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*mean"or\, n. [Written also {demeanour}.] [For
demeanure, fr. demean. See {Demean}, v. t.]
1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.]
God commits the managing so great a trust . . .
wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. --Milton.
2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.
His demeanor was singularly pleasing. --Macaulay.
The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and
simple refined demeanor. --Thackeray.
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| | Related Terms: | | action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, brow, carriage, cast, cast of countenance, color, complexion, comportment, conduct, countenance, culture pattern, custom, deportment, doing, doings, face, facial appearance, favor, feature, features, folkway, garb, gestures, goings-on, guise, lineaments, lines, looks, maintien, manner, manners, method, methodology, methods, mien, modus vivendi, motions, movements, moves, observable behavior, pattern, physiognomy, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, procedure, proceeding, set, social science, stance, style, tactics, tone, traits, turn, visage, way, way of life, ways |
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