From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Demeanor \De*mean"or\, noun [Written also {demeanour}.] [For demeanure, fr. demean. See {Demean}, verb (used with an object)]
1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.]
God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. --Milton.
2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.
His demeanor was singularly pleasing. --Macaulay.
The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people [syn: {demeanour}, {behavior}, {behaviour}, {conduct}, {deportment}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "demeanor": action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, brow, carriage, cast, cast of countenance, color, complexion, comportment, conduct, countenance, culture pattern, custom, deportment, doing, doings, face, facial appearance, favor, feature, features, folkway, garb, gestures, goings-on, guise, lineaments, lines, looks, maintien, manner, manners, method, methodology, methods, mien, modus vivendi, motions, movements, moves, observable behavior, pattern, physiognomy, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, procedure, proceeding, set, social science, stance, style, tactics, tone, traits, turn, visage, way, way of life, ways
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