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affectation
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Affectation
(gcide) | Affectation \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.
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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.
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2. A striving after. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.
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3. Fondness; affection. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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affectation
(wn) | affectation
n 1: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn:
affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness] |
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Affectation
(gcide) | Affectation \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.
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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.
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2. A striving after. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.
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3. Fondness; affection. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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Affectationist
(gcide) | Affectationist \Af`fec*ta"tion*ist\, n.
One who exhibits affectation. [R.] --Fitzed. Hall.
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Inaffectation
(gcide) | Inaffectation \In*af`fec*ta"tion\, n. [Pref. in- not +
affectation: cf. F. inaffectation.]
Freedom from affectation; naturalness. [R.]
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