affectation
noun
[ afɛkˈteɪʃ(ə)n ]
• behaviour, speech, or writing that is pretentious and designed to impress.
• "the affectation of a man who measures every word for effect"
Similar:
pretension,
pretentiousness,
affectedness,
artificiality,
insincerity,
posturing,
posing,
pretence,
ostentation,
grandiosity,
snobbery,
superciliousness,
airs,
airs and graces,
pretensions,
snootiness,
uppishness,
humbug,
side,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin affectatio(n- ), from the verb affectare (see affect2).
