mien

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 17, 2020 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>mien</strong> &#149; \MEEN\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality <strong>:</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demeanor">demeanor</a></p> <p><strong>2 :</strong> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appearance">appearance</a>, <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aspect">aspect</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>The minister projected a stern and serious <em>mien</em> from the pulpit, but we found him to be friendly and welcoming when we spoke with him in the social hall after the service.</p> <p>"The band's synthetic sounds, automated rhythms and severe haircuts were a pointed contrast with the prevailing … rock music of the time, just as the group's rigorously <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Teutonic">Teutonic</a> <em>mien</em> was a reaction to the <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hegemony">hegemony</a> of American culture in postwar Germany. Kraftwerk wanted to create its own culture." — <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/culture/kraftwerk-florian-schneider-technology.html">Michael Azerrad, <em>The New York Times</em>, 8 May 2020</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>Like its synonyms <em>bearing</em> and <em>demeanor</em>, <em>mien</em> means the outward manifestation of personality or attitude. <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bearing">Bearing</a></em> is the most general, but it often implies characteristic posture, as in "a woman of regal bearing." <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demeanor">Demeanor</a></em> suggests attitude expressed through outward behavior in the presence of others—for example, "the m