DEMEANOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demeanor mean? 

• DEMEANOR (noun)
  The noun DEMEANOR has 1 sense:

1. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

  Familiarity information: DEMEANOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMEANOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

behavior; behaviour; conduct; demeanor; demeanour; deportment

Hypernyms ("demeanor" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demeanor"):

manners (social deportment)

citizenship (conduct as a citizen)

swashbuckling (flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior)

correctitude; properness; propriety (correct or appropriate behavior)

improperness; impropriety (an improper demeanor)

manner; personal manner (a way of acting or behaving)

 Context examples 

They are best known for their pokey demeanor rather than the fact that they spend the majority of their lives in trees munching leaves.

(Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow pace, NSF)

There was a kind of cold hearted selfishness on both sides, which mutually attracted them; and they sympathised with each other in an insipid propriety of demeanor, and a general want of understanding.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Jo understood why Laurie 'primmed up his mouth' when speaking of Kate, for that young lady had a standoff-don't-touch-me air, which contrasted strongly with the free and easy demeanor of the other girls.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

On the other throne there was perched bolt upright, with prim demeanor, as though he felt himself to be upon his good behavior, a little, round, pippin faced person, who smiled and bobbed to every one whose eye he chanced to meet.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Laurie's bashfulness soon wore off, for Jo's gentlemanly demeanor amused and set him at his ease, and Jo was her merry self again, because her dress was forgotten and nobody lifted their eyebrows at her.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)