mannerize

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verb

To perform or produce according to a certain manner or style.

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Meanings

verbmannerize (third-person singular simple present mannerizes, present participle mannerizing, simple past and past participle mannerized)

present singular third person mannerizes · participle present mannerizing · participle past mannerized · past mannerized

  1. transitiveTo perform or produce according to a certain manner or style.
  2. transitivemedicineTo adopt (a behaviour) as a mannerism; to convert into a mannerism.

    She experiences violent drives, but she herself is 'above' them. Her affects are never neuroticized, as her tics are never mannerized.

    1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Origin

From manner + -ize.

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APA

mannerize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mannerize

MLA

“mannerize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mannerize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mannerize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mannerize.

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