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- AFFECTATION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
affectation applies to a trick of speech or behavior that strikes the observer as insincere
- AFFECTATION Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
AFFECTATION definition: an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession See examples of affectation used in a sentence
- AFFECTATION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
AFFECTATION meaning: 1 behaviour or speech that is not sincere: 2 behavior or speech that is not sincere: 3 speech… Learn more
- AFFECTATION definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you say that someone's attitude or behaviour is an affectation, you disapprove of the fact that it is not genuine or natural, but is intended to impress other people
- affectation noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of affectation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- Affectation - definition of affectation by The Free Dictionary
An affectation is an artificial manner or behavior adopted to impress others or call attention to oneself: "Post-Renaissance scholars often adopted the affectation of recasting their names in classical form" (Steven Jay Gould)
- Affectation Definition Meaning | YourDictionary
Affectation definition: A mannerism or habit that is assumed rather than natural, especially to impress others
- affectation, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun affectation, three of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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