mannerism

A distinctive behavioral trait, especially one that calls attention to itself; an idiosyncrasy. synonym: affectation.

Exaggerated or affected style in an art.

An artistic style of the late 1500s characterized by distortion of elements such as scale and perspective.

Monotonous, formal, or pedantic adherence to the same manner; uniformity of manner, especially a tasteless uniformity, without freedom or variety; excessive adherence to a characteristic mode or manner of action or treatment.

A peculiarity of manner in deportment, speech, or execution; an exceptionally characteristic mode or method; an idiosynerasy.

Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, behavior, or treatment of others.

Adherence to a peculiar style or manner carried to excess, especially in literature or art.

A group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.

Exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior.

In literature, an ostentatious and unnatural style of the second half of the sixteenth century. In the contemporary criticism, described as a negation of the classicist equilibrium, pre-Baroque, and deforming expressiveness.