English noun: affectedness | |||
1. | affectedness (attribute) the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | unnaturalness | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | airs, coyness, demureness, pose, preciosity, preciousness | ||
Attribute | affected, unaffected, unnatural | ||
Antonyms | unaffectedness | ||
2. | affectedness (act) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | ||
Synonyms | affectation, mannerism, pose | ||
Broader (hypernym) | feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | attitude, radical chic | ||