affectationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌæf.ekˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæf.ekˈteɪ.ʃən/disapprovingbehaviour or speech that is not sincere:
She has so many little affectations.
His manner reeks of affectation.
"It doesn't concern me," he said with an affectation of nonchalance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Affected & insincere
- affected
- artificial
- artsy-fartsy
- arty-farty
- campy
- cheesy
- forced
- glib
- histrionic
- histrionics
- hokey
- meretricious
- pious
- precocious
- pretension
- pretentious
- pseud
- pseudo-
- slick
- theatrical
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