Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The way in which a person behaves; deportment.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Conduct; management; treatment.
- n. Behavior; carriage; bearing; deportment: as, decent demeanor; sad demeanor.
- n. Synonyms Conduct, Deportment, etc. (see behavior), manner, mien, bearing, air.
Wiktionary
- n. the social non-verbal behaviours (such as body language and facial expressions) that characterise a person
GNU Webster's 1913
WordNet 3.0
- n. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
Etymologies
- Middle English demenen, demeinen, from Anglo-Norman demener, from Old French demener, from de- + mener ("to conduct, lead") + -or, from Latin mināre and Latin minārī "to threaten" (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
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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).”
“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.”
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“Her credentials and experience are very impressive and her personal demeanor is pleasantly cordial and friendly.”
“Under that smooth talking southern demeanor is a true gritty Alabama born kick-@$$.”
“This whole business about which elite member of the political class can feign more of a working-class demeanor is becoming downright embarrassing.”
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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.”
“The goofy demeanor is part of the performance. maxipad”
“Each time I see and listen to him, his anger and hateful demeanor is off the charts.”
Think Progress » Donohue: ‘There’s a connection between homosexuality and sexual abuse of minors.’
“Hillary: You're behavior and demeanor is becoming SO undignified!”
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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GRE 2014
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alacrity, prosaic, veracity, paucity, contrite, trite, maintain, laconic, pugnacious, disparate, egregious, innocuous and 533 more...
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