mannerize

verb — 2 senses

mannerize

verb

Etymology From manner + -ize.

1

To perform or produce according to a certain manner or style.

2

Medicine, Sciences To adopt (a behaviour) as a mannerism; to convert into a mannerism.

  • She experiences violent drives, but she herself is 'above' them. Her affects are never neuroticized, as her tics are never mannerized.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

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