affectation
/af-ek-TAY-shun/nounbehavior or speech that is artificial and designed to impress
“The accent was an affectation he dropped at home.”
- Synonyms
- pretension, pose, mannerism
- Antonyms
- naturalness, sincerity
- Memory hook
- affect: a put-on effect.
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