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Definition of Demeanor
1. Noun. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people.
Generic synonyms: Trait
Specialized synonyms: Manners, Citizenship, Swashbuckling, Correctitude, Properness, Propriety, Improperness, Impropriety, Manner, Personal Manner
Derivative terms: Conduct, Deport
Definition of Demeanor
1. n. Management; treatment; conduct.
Definition of Demeanor
1. Noun. The outward way in which a person behaves, especially towards others. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demeanor
1. the manner in which one conducts oneself [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demeanor
Literary usage of Demeanor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The General Principles of the Law of Evidence: In Their Application to the by Frank Sumner Rice (1894)
"demeanor of the Accused when under Arrest—the Effect of Silence. § 306.
The Term "Confessions" Defined.—A voluntary confession is one proceeding from the ..."
2. Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"... in eighty stanzas, of six lines each. JH » •"•"'•»».-• ".. _^ AHT. CCLXXXIII.
A Declaration of the demeanor and- Cartage of Sir Walter Raleigh, ..."
3. Forensic Oratory: A Manual for Advocates by William Callyhan Robinson (1893)
"Convincing and Persuasive Evidence: Effectiveness Increased or Diminished by the
demeanor of the Advocate toward his Witnesses. The appearance presented by ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"elusion ns to who was probably the aggressor, and what demeanor each party bad
reason to expect from the other when they met and the fatal difficulty ..."
5. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America by Charles Washington Baird (1885)
"... and that of his audience, must have demeanor, been greatly distracted by the
singular conduct of their host. Villegagnon, throughout the sermon, ..."
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