affectation

[Af`fec*ta·tion]

Fondness; affection.

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An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.

Noun
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display


n.
An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.

n.
A striving after.

n.
Fondness; affection.


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.
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.
2. A striving after. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson. 3. Fondness; affection. [Obs.] Hooker.

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.

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Usage Examples

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever.

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Other Usage Examples

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.

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