Meaning of AFFECTATION
| Pronunciation: | | `afek'teyshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
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| | Synonyms: | | mannerism, pose |
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| | See Also: | | attitude, feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Af`fec*ta"tion\, n. [L. affectatio: cf. F.
affectation.]
1. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or
real; false display; artificial show. ``An affectation of
contempt.'' --Macaulay.
Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of
what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty
that accompanies what is natural what is natural.
--Locke.
2. A striving after. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.
3. Fondness; affection. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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