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English Dictionary: Affectation by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
affectation
n
  1. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn: affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Affectation \Af`fec*ta"tion\, n. [L. affectatio: cf. F.
      affectation.]
      1. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or
            real; false display; artificial show. [bd]An affectation
            of contempt.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
                     Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of
                     what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty
                     that accompanies what is natural what is natural.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      2. A striving after. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson.
  
      3. Fondness; affection. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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