mannerize

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English

Etymology

From manner +‎ -ize.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To perform or produce according to a certain manner or style.
  2. (transitive, medicine) To adopt (a behaviour) as a mannerism; to convert into a mannerism.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
      She experiences violent drives, but she herself is 'above' them. Her affects are never neuroticized, as her tics are never mannerized.