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noun
The state or quality of being affected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: affectation, mannerism, pose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
Narrower terms: attitude, radical chic
noun
the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unaffectedness
Broader terms: unnaturalness
Narrower terms: airs, pose, coyness, demureness, preciosity, preciousness
History
Etymology tree English affected Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English affectedness From affected + -ness.
