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Noun: affectation  `afek'teyshun
  1. A deliberate pretence or exaggerated display
    - mannerism, pose, affectedness

Derived forms: affectations

Type of: feigning, pretence [Brit, Cdn], pretending, pretense [N. Amer], simulation

Encyclopedia: Affectation

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