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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 ``An affectation of
contempt.'' --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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
affectation
n : a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn: {mannerism},
{pose}]
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