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affectation

Pronunciation: /ˌæf.ɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/

The English word “affectation” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
  2. An unusual mannerism.
  3. An ostentatious fondness for something.

Etymology

From Middle French affectation and its etymon Latin affectātiōnem, from affectō (“to feign”). By surface analysis, affect + -ation.

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