affectation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested in 1548. From Latin affectātiōnem (possibly via French affectation), from affectō (“I feign”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˌæf.ɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
affectation (countable and uncountable, plural affectations)
- An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
- 1810, Dr. Samuel Johnson, “Life of Gower”, in The Works of the English Poets[1], Digitized edition, published 2009:
- This poem is strongly tinctured with those pedantic affectations concerning the passion of love ...
- 1820, William Hazlitt, “Lecture I. Introductory.”, in Lectures Chiefly on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth. […], London: Stodart and Steuart, […]; Edinburgh: Bell and Bradfute, →OCLC, page 2:
- [T]hey were not the spoiled children of affectation and refinement, but a bold, vigorous, independent race of thinkers, with prodigious strength and energy, with none but natural grace, and heartfelt unobtrusive delicacy.
- An unusual mannerism.
Synonyms[edit]
- (unusual mannerism): eccentricity, mannerism
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real
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an unusual mannerism
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
affectation f (plural affectations)
Further reading[edit]
- “affectation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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