Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The way in which a person behaves; deportment. synonym: behavior.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Conduct; management; treatment.
- noun Behavior; carriage; bearing; deportment: as, decent demeanor; sad demeanor.
- noun Synonyms Conduct, Deportment, etc. (see
behavior ), manner, mien, bearing, air.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Management; treatment; conduct.
- noun Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
social non-verbalbehaviours (such as body language and facial expressions) that characterise a person
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr. Friedman, who's been writing his column for over a decade (before that he co-edited New York magazine's Intelligencer column and contributed to The Observer), has been a controversial figure for negative things he's written, like a recent column on Julia Roberts in which he called her demeanor at the premiere of Duplicity "unexpected and chilling."
Did Pirated 'Wolverine' Review Get Fox 411's Roger Friedman Fired? [Update] 2009
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Mr. Friedman, who's been writing his column for over a decade (before that he co-edited New York magazine's Intelligencer column and contributed to The Observer), has been a controversial figure for negative things he's written, like a recent column on Julia Roberts in which he called her demeanor at the premiere of Duplicity "unexpected and chilling."
Did Pirated 'Wolverine' Review Get Fox 411's Roger Friedman Fired? [Update] 2009
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The goofy demeanor is part of the performance. maxipad
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Her credentials and experience are very impressive and her personal demeanor is pleasantly cordial and friendly.
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The goofy demeanor is part of the performance. maxipad
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His calm demeanor is belied by an intense stare he uses as a laser guide for Morris to slide the stone down a path of strategic calculation.
Martin is straw that stirs unbeaten Canadian curling team 2010
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As a new fashion editor, I have experienced everything from subtle shifts in demeanor to snide remarks to outright eye-rolls when people look at my card and see my title.
Philippe Starck Will Never Be Idiotic Enough to Do Fashion | Inhabitat 2009
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Under that smooth talking southern demeanor is a true gritty Alabama born kick-@$$.
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Having recently experienced ER care in a Jersey City hospital and a week later minor surgery (with total anesthesia) in one in Bayonne, I can say with certainty that “amenities” such as responding to reasonable requests, pleasant demeanor from the nurses, and honest answers to questions meant a great deal to me, both with their absence (Jersey) and presence (Bayonne).
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This whole business about which elite member of the political class can feign more of a working-class demeanor is becoming downright embarrassing.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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