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affectedness

DEFINITIONS OF: affectedness

1

n the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)

Antonyms:
unaffectedness
not affected; a personal manner that is not consciously constrained
Types:
airs, pose
affected manners intended to impress others
coyness, demureness
the affectation of being demure in a provocative way
preciosity, preciousness
the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined
Type of:
unnaturalness
the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles

n a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

Synonyms:
affectation, mannerism, pose
Types:
attitude
a theatrical pose created for effect
radical chic
an affectation of radical left-wing views and the fashionable dress and lifestyle that goes with them
Type of:
feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation
the act of giving a false appearance
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