Demeanor

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demeanor \De*mean"or\, n. [Written also {demeanour}.] [For
     demeanure, fr. demean. See {Demean}, v. t.]
     1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.]
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              God commits the managing so great a trust . . .


              wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. --Milton.
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     2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.
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              His demeanor was singularly pleasing. --Macaulay.
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              The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and
              simple refined demeanor.              --Thackeray.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  demeanor
       n : (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward
           other people [syn: {demeanour}, {behavior}, {behaviour},
           {conduct}, {deportment}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "demeanor":
     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