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English noun: affectation

1. affectation (act) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display


Synonymsaffectedness, mannerism, pose


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


Narrower (hyponym)attitude, radical chic









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