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affectation (noun)

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  • affectation — ► NOUN ▪ behaviour, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress …   English terms dictionary

  • affectation — (n.) studied display, 1540s, from Fr. affectation (16c.) or directly from L. affectationem (nom. affectatio) a striving after, a claiming, noun of action from pp. stem of affectare to strive for (see AFFECT (Cf. affect) (v.2)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • affectation — noun (C, U) behaviour that is not sincere or natural: Those beatnik clothes of his are just an affectation …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • affectation — noun 1) the affectations of a prima donna Syn: pretension, pretentiousness, affectedness, artificiality, posturing, posing; airs (and graces) 2) an affectation of calm Syn: facade, front, show, appearance …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • affectation — noun Date: 1548 1. a. the act of taking on or displaying an attitude or mode of behavior not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt b. speech or conduct not natural to oneself ; artificiality 2. obsole …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • affectation — noun /ˌæf.ɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ a) An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. b) An unusual mannerism. Syn: eccentricity, mannerism …   Wiktionary

  • affectation — noun behaviour, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress. ↘a studied display of feeling. Origin C16: from L. affectatio(n ), from affectare (see affect2) …   English new terms dictionary

  • affectation — noun Syn: pretension, pretentiousness, affectedness, artificiality, posturing, airs (and graces); Brit.; informal side …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • affectation — UK [ˌæfekˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms affectation : singular affectation plural affectations something that is not part of your natural personality but that you do or say to impress people Her love of jazz was just an… …   English dictionary

  • affectation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Artificiality of manner Nouns 1. (affected quality) affectation, affectedness, artificiality, insincerity, histrionics, ostentation; charlatanism, quackery (See deception); pretense, gloss, veneer,… …   English dictionary for students

  • affectation — /ˌæfɛkˈteɪʃən / (say .afek tayshuhn) noun 1. (sometimes followed by of) a striving for the appearance of a quality not really or fully possessed: *the speaker hid his head under the blankets, in humorous affectation of modesty. –marcus clarke,… …  

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