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Definition of Affectation
1. Noun. A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.
Generic synonyms: Feigning, Pretence, Pretending, Pretense, Simulation
Specialized synonyms: Attitude, Radical Chic
Derivative terms: Pose
Definition of Affectation
1. n. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
Definition of Affectation
1. Noun. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. ¹
2. Noun. An unusual mannerism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Affectation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affectation
Literary usage of Affectation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals by Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison (1827)
"... turned into deformity in the one, and absurdity in the other, by the mere
force of affectation. The fair one had something in her person upon which her ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"affectation. ALL epithets which commonly imply the existence of a feeling of
slight approval or disapproval in the speaker's mind for the thing named are ..."
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