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Definition of mannerism : Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.

Synonyms:

study at pose, airs, foible, honest, true, affectedness

fixed ways, trait, conventionality, leaning, instinct, tendency, familiarity, custom, temperament, acclimation, rut, lifestyle, routine, addiction, wont, treadmill, second nature, way of life, regularity, disposition, daily grind, tradition, habit

charade, falseness, fakery, fraud, disguise, masquerade, deceit, front, forgery, imitation, pose, cover, show, imposture, affectation, guise, claim, stage, impersonation, counterfeit, bluff, air, ostentation, pretense, gimmick, pretension, device, artificiality, facade

flavor, specialization, definiteness, idiosyncrasy, hallmark, quality, figure, difference, property, cachet, particularity, individuality, mark, characteristic, way, specialty, peculiarity, stamp, keynote, feature, discriminant, quirk, forte

locution, verbalism, phrase, metaphor, sentence, euphemism, adage, motto, expression, catchphrase, paragraph, cliche, figure of speech, clause, proverb, slogan, terminology, epigram, phraseology, maxim, idiom

Usage examples:

• But I recognize you, and know you- your gestures, the turn of your head, every little mannerism. - "The Voice in the Fog", Harold MacGrath.
• No one can too much admire the legerdemain of the magician who could produce this thing; for it is a story out of the Arabian Nights, told with a perfection of mannerism, a reproduction of the English in which the later translators of the Arabian Nights have seen fit to deal, a simulation of the movement and detail of the Eastern stories which fairly takes our breath away. - "Emerson and Other Essays", John Jay Chapman.
• It is the perfection of handling through its simplicity and certainty, and has not the slightest trace of affectation or mannerism. - "A Text-Book of the History of Painting", John C. Van Dyke.