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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


Attributeaffected, unaffected, unnatural


Antonymsunaffectedness

2. affectedness (act) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display


Synonymsaffectation, mannerism, pose


Broader (hypernym)feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation


Narrower (hyponym)attitude, radical chic









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