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Affectedness

noun
1.
The quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others).
2.
A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.  Synonyms: affectation, mannerism, pose.





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"Affectedness" Quotes from Famous Books



... present. She had been formerly sharp in her condemnation of the Countess—her affectedness, her euphuism, and her vulgarity. Now she did not say a word, though she might ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith


Words linked to "Affectedness" :   pretending, airs, preciosity, simulation, pose, mannerism, coyness, affected, pretence, preciousness, unaffectedness, affectation, unnaturalness, pretense, radical chic, feigning, attitude, unnatural, unaffected, demureness


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