Definitions for: Affectation

[n] a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: mannerism, pose

See Also: attitude, feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation

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