comportment

[kuh m-pawrt-muh nt, -pohrt-]

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noun

personal bearing or conduct; demeanor; behavior.

Origin of comportment

From the Middle French word comportement, dating back to 1590–1600. See comport¹, -ment

Synonym study

See behavior.

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Related Words for comportment

bearing, presence, actions, deportment, manner, way, conduct

Examples from the Web for comportment

Contemporary Examples of comportment

And those now have very little to do with any notion of excellence, either of character or of comportment.
Tina Brown: Why Kim Kardashian Isn’t ‘Aspirational'
Tina Brown
April 1, 2014

Historical Examples of comportment

Rather was there something eager and rapt about the comportment of the people.
John Splendid
Neil Munro
What did surprise me, when anon the sea rolled close up to the cottage, was the comportment of the young artist himself.
And Even Now
Max Beerbohm
His comportment was cheerful in a sober fashion, notwithstanding the transparent perturbation of his spirit.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete
George Meredith
He did everything right—too right; and in dress and comportment was inevitably correct.
The Strength of the Strong
Jack London
The comportment of beef in an atmosphere of carbonic acid, to which carbonic oxide has been added, is curious.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883
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British Dictionary definitions for comportment

comportment

noun

conduct; bearing

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Word Origin and History for comportment

c.1600, from Middle French comportement "bearing, behavior," from comporter (13c.) "to be disposed, arranged, laid out," from Latin comportare (see comport).