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Definitionn. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Last update: October 9, 2016
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He is characterized by great simplicity and absence of affectation. [adjective]
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Are you really so kind or is your kindheartedness an affectation designed to get people to like you? [verb]
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She moved with buoyant steps, and self-conscious, though without affectation. [verb]
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He was highly irritated by her many affectation. [verb]
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Jake’s proper manner of speaking was an affectation he put on when he was surrounded by the country club set. [adverb]
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There was hardly even the affectation of friendliness in her tones, as she stood there alone and unattended, facing her enemy. [noun]
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All the affectation of interest she had assumed had left her kindly and tear-worn face and it now expressed only anxiety and fear. [noun]
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The building is remarkable for its marked affectation of irregularity. [Please select]
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"The purpose, I presume," said Morton, with an affectation of indifference, "was to call them hither." [noun]
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I may perhaps be thought guilty of affectation, should I allege as one reason of my silence a secret dislike to enter on personal discussions concerning my own literary labours. [noun]
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'Now, Fergus, must not our guest be sensible that all this is folly and affectation.' [noun]
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