How to pronounce“affectation”in English
IPA/ˌæf.ɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
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noun
An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
“This poem is strongly tinctured with those pedantic affectations concerning the passion of love ...”
noun
An unusual mannerism.
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