demeanor
US spelling of
demeanour
Meaning of demeanor in English
(Definition of demeanor from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
demeanor | American Dictionary
The boss has a calm, reassuring demeanor.
Examples of demeanor
demeanor
Those with similar demeanor would be located close to each other along the axis defined as demeanor.
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Some balloonists assumed an even more exalted demeanor regarding their efforts, a posture that could backfire.
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In this way honorific speech becomes indexical of speaker status and demeanor.
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Perhaps his stalwart professional demeanor prevented a tastier and meatier book.
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For example, if respondents were sorting breeds of dogs, characteristics that could make up these dimensions might be size and demeanor.
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His approach to pain assessment is to ask patients, in the course of making rounds, how they are feeling and to observe their demeanor.
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Were there other things that he did or is it a general demeanor?
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Creating gendered demeanors of authority at work and at home.
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When he smiles (which is seldom), his demeanor is sardonic.
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The second was the close inspection of the prospective voter's physical appearance, attire, speech, and demeanor.
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When entering the patient's room, it is important to assume a calm and respectful demeanor.
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His work was abstruse and impenetrable, his demeanor reserved, and his resistance to using the bully pulpit to comment on current economic events unprecedented.
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However, despite (or precisely because) of such an ostensibly manly demeanor, these characters have no place in the marriage plot and are extinct at the end of the novel.
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The older people, compared with their younger selves, give more weight to the value of good health than to the value of stylish demeanor that conflicts with it.
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With reasonable discussion went a certain demeanor.
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