English Explanatory Dictionary

Counter-Mannerism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trend in the late sixteenth century that rejected some of the distortions of Mannerism, returning to a more classicist emphasis on clarity.

Word forms

Counter-Mannerism

Etymology

From counter- + mannerism.

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