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DEMEANOR
demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment
(noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
demeanor (countable and uncountable, plural demeanors)
(American spelling) The social, non-verbal behaviours (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a person.
Synonyms
• behavior
• comportment
Anagrams
• enamored, one-armed
Source: Wiktionary
De*mean"or, n. [Written also demeanour.] Etym: [For demeanure, fr. demean. See Demean, v. t.]
1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.] God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. Milton.
2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. His demeanor was singularly pleasing. Macaulay. The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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