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affectation
noun
(af-fec-ta-tion)
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Synonyms:
affectedness
,
mannerism
,
pose
,
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affectation
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mannerism
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pose
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appropriation
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filthy
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earmarking
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placement
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assignment
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allotment
,
allocation
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posting
,
pretension
,
pretentiousness
,
pomposity
,
pompousness
,
snobbishness
,
conceit
,
snobbery
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artifice
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pedantry
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suavity
,
smugness
,
eccentricity
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insouciance
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idiosyncrasy
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fustiness
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gentility
,
earnestness
,
artificiality
,
sentimentality
,
foppery
,
sensibility
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archness
,
wryness
,
nasal twang
,
snootiness
,
sunniness
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nasality
,
hauteur
,
boastfulness
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attitudinizing
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stuffiness
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knowingness
,
dandyism
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inaffectation
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snobbism
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ingenuousness
,
daintiness
,
shtick
,
ironist
,
poseur
,
staginess
,
priggishness
,
politesse
,
smarm
,
facetiousness
,
grandiloquence
,
sneer
,
poeticism
,
drollery
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worldliness
,
frippery
,
whimsicality
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hipness
,
punchiness
,
boyishness
,
showiness
,
poshness
,
sneery
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didacticism
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orotund
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sentimentalism
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homeliness
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couth
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minimalism
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solipsist
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boulevardier
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affectless
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intellectualism
,
lugubriousness
,
drollness
,
uptightness
,
chirpiness
,
bohemianism
,
inarticulateness
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blandness
,
unworldliness
,
twang
,
bashfulness
,
prettiness
,
sheepishness
,
emotiveness
,
glibness
,
clownishness
,
accent
,
loquacity
,
artlessness
,
ness
,
lilt
,
idiom
,
superciliousness
,
affectation
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