| NOUN | attribute | affectedness | the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | affectedness, affectation, mannerism, pose | a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
| Meaning | The quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others). | |
|---|---|---|
| Attributes | affected, unnatural | speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression |
| unaffected | Free of artificiality | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| Broader | unnaturalness | The quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles |
| Opposite | unaffectedness | not affected |
| Spanish | retórica | |
| Catalan | retòrica | |
| Adjectives | affected | speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression |
| Meaning | A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | affectation, mannerism, pose | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| Broader | pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning | The act of giving a false / false / false appearance |
| Spanish | afectación | |
| Catalan | afectació, cursileria | |
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