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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peculiarity of how someone behaves, acts |
| Synonyms: | affectation, air, characteristic, eccentricity, foible, habit, idiosyncrasy, oddness, pose, pretension, queerness, quirk, singularity, trait, trick |
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distinctive quality or character; style |
| Synonyms: | address, affectation, ambience, appearance, atmosphere, aura, bearing, comportment, demeanor, deportment, effect, feel, feeling, flavor, impression, look, manner, mannerism, mien, mood, pose, presence, property, quality, semblance, tone |
| Main Entry: | airs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affectation; pretended behavior |
| Synonyms: | affectedness, arrogance, false front, front, haughtiness, hauteur, mannerism, ostentation, pomposity, pose, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, put-on, show, superciliousness |
| Antonyms: | personality, realness, truthfulness |
| Main Entry: | appearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outward aspect, characteristic |
| Synonyms: | air, attitude, bearing, blind, carriage, cast, character, condition, countenance, demeanor, dress, expression, face, fashion, feature, figure, form, front, guise, image, look, looks, manner, mannerism, mien, mode, outline, pose, presence, presentation, screen, semblance, shape, stamp |
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical feature, trait |
| Synonyms: | affection, aspect, attribute, badge, bag, bearing, bent, caliber, cast, complexion, component, differentia, disposition, distinction, earmark, endowment, essence, essential, faculty, flavor, frame, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individuality, lineament, mannerism, mark, mood, nature, originality, particularity, peculiarity, personality, point, property, quality, singularity, specialty, streak, stripe, style, symptom, temperament, tendency, thing, thumbprint, tinge, tone, trademark, turn, virtue |
| Antonyms: | abnormality |
| Main Entry: | foible |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal imperfection |
| Synonyms: | characteristic, defect, eccentricity, failing, fault, frailty, idiosyncrasy, infirmity, kink, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, shortcoming, singularity, vice, weak point, weakness |
| Notes: | a failing is a flaw or weak point or a failure to reach a minimum required performance; a foible a minor weakness or failing of character |
| Antonyms: | strength |
| Main Entry: | habit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, practice |
| Synonyms: | addiction, assuetude, bent, bias, constitution, consuetude, convention, custom, dependence, disposition, fashion, fixation, fixed attitude, frame of mind, gravitation, groove, habitude, hangup, impulsion, inclination, make-up, manner, mannerism, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, quirk, routine, rule, rut, second nature, set, style, susceptibility, thing*, turn, usage, use, way, weakness, wont |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | idiosyncrasy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | oddity, quirk |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bit, characteristic, distinction, eccentricity, feature, habit, mannerism, peculiarity, singularity, trait, trick |
| Main Entry: | manner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's behavior, conduct |
| Synonyms: | address, affectation, affectedness, air, appearance, aspect, bearing, comportment, demeanor, deportment, idiosyncrasy, look, mannerism, mien, peculiarity, presence, style, tone, turn, way |
| Notes: | manner means a way of acting or behaving or how something is done; manners is socially correct behavior; a manor is the landed estate of a lord |
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