| NOUN | act | affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness | a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
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| Sounds | ae.fehktey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display. | |
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| Synonyms | mannerism, pose, affectedness | |
| 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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