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   affectation

   /ˌafɛkˈteɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. behaviour, speech, or writing that is pretentious and designed to impress: "the affectation of a man who measures every word for effect" Similar pretensionpretentiousnessaffectednessartificialityinsincerityposturingposingpretenceostentationgrandiositysnobberysuperciliousnessairsairs and gracespretensionsinformal:snootinessuppishnesshumbugsideOpposite naturalness
   • ▪ a studied display of real or pretended feeling: "an affectation of calm" Similar facadefrontshowappearancefalse displaypretencesimulationpostureposeshamfakeactmasqueradecharademaskcloakveilveneerguisemake-believeplay-actingfeigningshamming

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin affectatio(n-), from the verb affectare (see affect2).

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