The difference between Characteristic and Mannerism

When used as nouns, characteristic means a distinguishing feature of a person or thing, whereas mannerism means a group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.

Characteristic is also adjective with the meaning: being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

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  1. Characteristic as an adjective:

    Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

  1. Characteristic as a noun:

    A distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

    Examples:

    "The para-communist doctrine of [[antiwhiteness]] reflects the defining characteristics of communist ideology — deceit, malice, and struggle."

  2. Characteristic as a noun (mathematics):

    The integer part of a logarithm.

  3. Characteristic as a noun (nautical):

    The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).

  4. Characteristic as a noun (algebra, field theory, ring theory):

    For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.

    Examples:

    "The characteristic of a field, if non-zero, must be a prime number."

  1. Mannerism as a noun:

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

  2. Mannerism as a noun:

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

  1. Mannerism as a noun (arts, literature):

    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.

  2. Mannerism as a noun (arts, literature):

    In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.

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