deportment

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UK/dɪˈpɔːtmənt/US/dɪˈpɔɹt.mənt/

noun

Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.

“Her deportment impressed her interviewers.”

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Meanings

noundeportment (plural deportments)

plural deportments

  1. Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.

    Her deportment impressed her interviewers.

    1 more example

    ...Edy asked what and she was just going to tell her to catch it while it was flying but she was ever ladylike in her deportment so she simply passed it off with consummate tact...

    1922, James Joyce, chapter 13, in Ulysses

    Synonyms: bearing, comportment, posture

  2. Conduct; public behavior.

    Their deportment changed visibly as the policeman approached.

    Synonyms: behavior, conduct

  3. Apparent level of schooling or training.

    His academic deportment did not match his degree record.

  4. Self-discipline.

    The nun's deportment reflected her vocation.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounBearing; manner of presenting oneself.

nounConduct; public behavior.

More synonyms by meaning

noun(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchdeportement
  2. Englishdeportment

From Late Middle French deportement (French déportement). By surface analysis, deport + -ment.

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Translations

Czech držení těla, vystupování
  • držení tělabearing, posture
  • vystupováníbearing, posture
  • vystupováníconduct
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Chicago

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