[C,U] behaviour or an action that is not natural or sincere and that is often intended to impress other people:
His little affectations irritated her. * Kay has no affectation at all. * He raised his eyebrows with an affectation of surprise (= pretending to be surprised).
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is affectation a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, affectation is tagged as noun.
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