Challenge: Affectation

Nov 18, 2008 21:25

affectation \af-ek-TAY-shuhn\, noun:
1. an artificial way of talking or behaving put on to impress others; pretense
2. an unnatural action, expression, or trait that indicates artificiality

by 1548, "studied display," from Latin affectationem, from affectare "to strive for"
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