What is another word for affectation?
1559 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɐfɪktˈe͡ɪʃən], [ ɐfɪktˈeɪʃən], [ ɐ_f_ɪ_k_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
Affectation is a term used to describe behavior that is artificial, insincere, or intended to impress others. This word has several synonyms that capture its meaning. One such word is pretense, which refers to behavior that is not genuine and is intended to deceive others. Another synonym is pose, which refers to a manner of behaving or conducting oneself that is affected or artificial. The word gimmick is also a synonym for affectation and refers to a trick or device used to attract attention. Other synonyms for affectation include pretension, unnaturalness, and artificiality. All of these words capture the essence of affectation and convey the same meaning.
Synonyms for Affectation:
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• act • affectation • air • display- arrayals ,
- bravuras ,
- bravure ,
- dis play ,
- dis plays ,
- dis-play ,
- dis-plays ,
- ex ample ,
- ex-ample ,
- ex-position ,
- ex-positions ,
- frame ups ,
- frameup ,
- frameups ,
- grandstand plays ,
- ostentatiousnesses ,
- re velation ,
- re velations ,
- re-velation ,
- re-velations ,
- un folding ,
- un-folding .
- bad faiths ,
- dis honesties ,
- dis honesty ,
- dis simulation ,
- dis simulations ,
- dis-honesties ,
- dis-honesty ,
- dis-simulation ,
- dis-simulations ,
- dissemblings ,
- dissimulations ,
- doubledealing ,
- false professions ,
- glibnesses ,
- in sincerities ,
- in sincerity ,
- in-sincerities ,
- in-sincerity ,
- pharisaicalnesses ,
- unctuousnesses .
- bizarrenesses ,
- freakishnesses ,
- odd traits ,
- schticks ,
- un usualness ,
- un usualnesses ,
- un-usualness ,
- un-usualnesses ,
- unusualnesses .
- facade ,
- front ,
- put-on ,
- showing off .
- dumb acts ,
- fakeries ,
- fakings ,
- makebelieve ,
- mis representation ,
- mis representations ,
- mis statement ,
- mis statements ,
- mis-representation ,
- mis-statements ,
- posings ,
- pre tense ,
- pre tenses ,
- pre-tense ,
- pre-tenses .
Other synonyms:
- alter ego ,
- incarnation ,
- surface .
- sensitivity ,
- strain .
- act .
Other relevant words:
- abandon ,
- abnormality ,
- accomplish ,
- accost ,
- achromasia ,
- acquit ,
- act as ,
- action at law ,
- action mechanism ,
- activeness ,
- acts of the apostles ,
- admittedly ,
- adulterous ,
- aerate ,
- aerofoil ,
- affect ,
- agency ,
- air out ,
- air travel ,
- airfoil ,
- airwave ,
- amaze ,
- ambidextrous ,
- annotate ,
- antic ,
- aplomb ,
- apparent ,
- appearing ,
- apply ,
- approach pattern ,
- aptness ,
- arc ,
- archway ,
- argot ,
- armorial bearing ,
- arrange ,
- arrogate ,
- artless ,
- aspect ,
- aspire ,
- assume ,
- assumed ,
- assumption ,
- assuredness ,
- atmosphere ,
- attribute ,
- aura ,
- aureate ,
- autolatry ,
- avatar ,
- aviation ,
- avowedly ,
- babble ,
- babble out ,
- baby buggy ,
- baby carriage ,
- back ,
- baffle ,
- balance ,
- balm ,
- baloney ,
- bank ,
- bar ,
- bare ,
- bastard ,
- bathetic ,
- battlefront ,
- beam ,
- bear ,
- bear witness ,
- beat ,
- befool ,
- behave ,
- belongings ,
- berth ,
- bevel ,
- bewilder ,
- bilgewater ,
- billet ,
- binding ,
- bit ,
- bivouac ,
- blab ,
- blab out ,
- blame ,
- bland ,
- blanket ,
- blemish ,
- block out ,
- blotch ,
- blub ,
- blubber ,
- blueprint ,
- bluestocking ,
- bluff out ,
- bodily function ,
- bodily process ,
- body process ,
- bogus ,
- bold ,
- boldness ,
- boloney ,
- book binding ,
- booth ,
- bosh ,
- brace ,
- brashness ,
- brass ,
- brassy ,
- break ,
- breast ,
- breed ,
- breeze ,
- broadcast ,
- brood ,
- bull ,
- bullshit ,
- bum ,
- burlesque ,
- burnish ,
- buttery ,
- buzzword ,
- calculate ,
- caliber ,
- calibre ,
- call ,
- camber ,
- camouflage ,
- camp down ,
- camp out ,
- cant over ,
- cantonment ,
- caper ,
- caricature ,
- carrel ,
- carrell ,
- carry ,
- carry on ,
- carry out ,
- carry through ,
- carrying into action ,
- carrying out ,
- case ,
- catabolism ,
- catch ,
- chamfer ,
- channel ,
- chant ,
- character ,
- charge ,
- charmer ,
- cheap ,
- cheat ,
- cheek ,
- cheekiness ,
- cherished ,
- chicane ,
- chicanery ,
- chintzy ,
- choice ,
- cleaning ,
- cleansing ,
- cleanup position ,
- cleanup spot ,
- clique ,
- cloak ,
- coach ,
- coat ,
- color in ,
- coloration ,
- coloring material ,
- colorise ,
- colorize ,
- colour ,
- colouration ,
- colourise ,
- colourize ,
- come on ,
- come out ,
- come up ,
- come up to ,
- coming into court ,
- comment ,
- commit ,
- compensate ,
- complicatedness ,
- complication ,
- comport ,
- comprehend ,
- computer address ,
- computer simulation ,
- concealment ,
- condescending ,
- condescendingness ,
- confessedly ,
- confront ,
- conjuration ,
- conjuring trick ,
- conk ,
- contemn ,
- contempt ,
- continue ,
- contortion ,
- control surface ,
- convention ,
- convey ,
- cook ,
- cool ,
- core out ,
- cornmeal mush ,
- costliness ,
- coterie ,
- cover charge ,
- cover song ,
- cover version ,
- covering ,
- covering fire ,
- covert ,
- crafty ,
- craze ,
- crookedness ,
- cross ,
- crotchet ,
- crummy ,
- crust ,
- cubicle ,
- cult ,
- cunning ,
- curio ,
- curiosity ,
- curve ,
- custom-made ,
- customs ,
- customs duty ,
- cut across ,
- cut through ,
- cute ,
- dash ,
- dead on target ,
- deal ,
- dearness ,
- debility ,
- deceitful ,
- deed ,
- defect ,
- deform ,
- degree ,
- delegacy ,
- delivery ,
- delusive ,
- demerit ,
- demo ,
- demonstrate ,
- department of veterans affairs ,
- dependable ,
- depict ,
- deport ,
- design ,
- designate ,
- despicable ,
- despise ,
- despite ,
- destination ,
- destructive metabolism ,
- dig ,
- dignity ,
- dilly-dally ,
- dillydally ,
- dimension ,
- direct ,
- direction ,
- dirty ,
- discharge ,
- discolor ,
- discolour ,
- disposition ,
- disproof ,
- dissemble ,
- dissembler ,
- distinctive feature ,
- distinctiveness ,
- distinguishing characteristic ,
- distort ,
- distortion ,
- dodgy ,
- dogsled ,
- don ,
- doodad ,
- doohickey ,
- doojigger ,
- double ,
- double-dealing ,
- double-faced ,
- double-tongued ,
- drag one's feet ,
- drag one's heels ,
- draw a bead on ,
- dresser ,
- dressing table ,
- drill ,
- drippy ,
- drive ,
- drool ,
- dumbfound ,
- dupe ,
- dupery ,
- duplicitous ,
- earth's surface ,
- eclat ,
- effigy ,
- effrontery ,
- ego ,
- elan ,
- elbow room ,
- elfin ,
- emblazon ,
- embodiment ,
- embrace ,
- embrasure ,
- empiricism ,
- empiricist philosophy ,
- emplacement ,
- empty talk ,
- empty words ,
- empty-bellied ,
- enactment ,
- encamp ,
- encampment ,
- encompass ,
- endowment fund ,
- english ,
- enshroud ,
- envision ,
- epitome ,
- equipage ,
- error ,
- establish ,
- evacuate ,
- evidence ,
- evince ,
- exact ,
- excavate ,
- execute ,
- execution ,
- exercise ,
- exhibit ,
- expose ,
- exposition ,
- express ,
- expression ,
- expressive style ,
- extend ,
- eye mask ,
- face up ,
- facial expression ,
- facile ,
- fair ,
- faithlessly ,
- faithlessness ,
- faker ,
- falsehood ,
- falsify ,
- falsifying ,
- fancy ,
- fancy dress ,
- fancy man ,
- fanfare ,
- fast one ,
- fats domino ,
- faux ,
- feebleness ,
- feel ,
- feeling ,
- feign ,
- fickleness ,
- fictitious ,
- fictive ,
- figure ,
- figure of speech ,
- figurehead ,
- filter ,
- filter out ,
- filtrate ,
- flair ,
- flash ,
- flashy ,
- flavor ,
- flavour ,
- flim-flam ,
- floridness ,
- fluent ,
- fluid ,
- flummery ,
- flummox ,
- fob ,
- font ,
- food color ,
- food coloring ,
- fool ,
- forepart ,
- forge ,
- form ,
- formula ,
- foul ,
- fount ,
- four flush ,
- fox ,
- foxy ,
- fracture ,
- frailness ,
- frame ,
- fraudulence ,
- freeze off ,
- freshness ,
- front end ,
- front line ,
- front man ,
- frontage ,
- frontal ,
- fudge ,
- fulfil ,
- fulfill ,
- fulsome ,
- function ,
- functioning ,
- furor ,
- furore ,
- gain ,
- gall ,
- garish ,
- gas ,
- gaudery ,
- gaudy ,
- gayness ,
- gentle wind ,
- genuine ,
- geological fault ,
- gesticulate ,
- get ,
- get across ,
- get into ,
- get over ,
- ghastliness ,
- gift ,
- gilded ,
- gilding ,
- gimcrack ,
- gismo ,
- gizmo ,
- glib-tongued ,
- glitz ,
- glossary ,
- glossiness ,
- glossy ,
- go-cart ,
- gold ,
- golden ,
- good ,
- grandiose ,
- gravel ,
- gravitas ,
- greasy ,
- grimace ,
- grimness ,
- gruesomeness ,
- gubbins ,
- guide ,
- guile ,
- guileful ,
- gull ,
- gyrus ,
- half mask ,
- hallucination ,
- handle ,
- hatch ,
- head game ,
- heading ,
- heraldic bearing ,
- hide ,
- hifalutin ,
- high-handedness ,
- highfalutin ,
- highfaluting ,
- highness ,
- hoity-toity ,
- holding ,
- hole ,
- holler ,
- hollow out ,
- hollowness ,
- homoeroticism ,
- homosexualism ,
- homosexuality ,
- honorable ,
- hot air ,
- human action ,
- human activity ,
- human face ,
- hyperbole ,
- hypocrite ,
- icon ,
- idiolatry ,
- ikon ,
- illusion ,
- imitative ,
- impart ,
- imperfectness ,
- impersonate ,
- impertinence ,
- impish ,
- implike ,
- impost ,
- imposter ,
- impostor ,
- impudence ,
- inclination ,
- incline ,
- inconstancy ,
- incorrectly ,
- incubate ,
- indicate ,
- infirmity ,
- inflect ,
- ingroup ,
- inner circle ,
- innocent ,
- insensible ,
- insure ,
- intent ,
- intention ,
- interface ,
- internal representation ,
- intone ,
- inunction ,
- invaluableness ,
- janus-faced ,
- jargon ,
- joke ,
- katabolism ,
- killing ,
- kiosk ,
- kitschy ,
- knavish ,
- knottiness ,
- lampoon ,
- larboard ,
- largeness ,
- lawful ,
- lay ,
- lay claim ,
- lead ,
- leaning ,
- lecture ,
- leg ,
- legal action ,
- legal proceeding ,
- legato ,
- legerdemain ,
- let the cat out of the bag ,
- level ,
- lieu ,
- life-style ,
- lifestyle ,
- likeness ,
- line ,
- lineament ,
- lingo ,
- lip service ,
- liquid ,
- litigate ,
- lividity ,
- lividness ,
- locating ,
- location ,
- look ,
- look-alike ,
- loud ,
- loudness ,
- magic ,
- magic trick ,
- magnification ,
- majesty ,
- make-believe ,
- maneuver ,
- manipulate ,
- manoeuvre ,
- masking ,
- masque ,
- masquerade costume ,
- masquerade party ,
- maudlin ,
- mawkish ,
- means ,
- melodic line ,
- melodic phrase ,
- melody ,
- mental attitude ,
- mental image ,
- mental representation ,
- mental strain ,
- method acting ,
- methodological analysis ,
- microscope stage ,
- military action ,
- military capability ,
- military position ,
- military posture ,
- military strength ,
- mineral vein ,
- mischievous ,
- misrepresent ,
- misrepresentation ,
- mistake ,
- mistaken ,
- mockery ,
- modal value ,
- modality ,
- model ,
- modulate ,
- mood ,
- motion ,
- mottle ,
- mount ,
- mouth ,
- move ,
- moved ,
- movement ,
- mushy ,
- musical mode ,
- musical note ,
- mystify ,
- name and address ,
- narcism ,
- natural action ,
- natural covering ,
- natural endowment ,
- natural process ,
- neat ,
- nerve ,
- nervous strain ,
- nervure ,
- nisus ,
- nominal head ,
- nonplus ,
- normal ,
- note ,
- number ,
- object ,
- objective ,
- oddity ,
- oddment ,
- off-key ,
- office ,
- oiliness ,
- ointment ,
- old dominion ,
- old dominion state ,
- oleaginousness ,
- on-key ,
- open ,
- operation ,
- ornateness ,
- ostensible ,
- ostentatious ,
- outlandishness ,
- overcompensate ,
- overlay ,
- overstatement ,
- pack ,
- pageant ,
- pains ,
- palaver ,
- paleness ,
- pallidness ,
- pallor ,
- panache ,
- pandar ,
- pander ,
- panderer ,
- paradigm ,
- parody ,
- part ,
- pasquinade ,
- pass over ,
- passenger car ,
- pat ,
- path ,
- patois ,
- patronage ,
- patronising ,
- patronizing ,
- peach ,
- perambulator ,
- performing ,
- perplex ,
- personal manner ,
- personate ,
- personation ,
- personification ,
- perspective ,
- phase ,
- phony ,
- photo ,
- photograph ,
- pic ,
- picture ,
- pimp ,
- pious platitude ,
- pitch ,
- pixilated ,
- place ,
- placement ,
- placid ,
- play ,
- play a joke on ,
- play a trick on ,
- play tricks ,
- playact ,
- playing ,
- plow ,
- point ,
- polish ,
- politic ,
- pooh-pooh ,
- port wine ,
- porthole ,
- positioning ,
- post ,
- postiche ,
- practice session ,
- practise ,
- pram ,
- prank ,
- prankish ,
- present ,
- presentation ,
- presumption ,
- pretend ,
- pretended ,
- pretender ,
- pricelessness ,
- prime ,
- primness ,
- prize ,
- proceedings ,
- process ,
- proclivity ,
- procrastinate ,
- procurer ,
- project ,
- prop ,
- propose ,
- prototype ,
- prove ,
- pseudo ,
- psychotic belief ,
- public lecture ,
- public presentation ,
- publicise ,
- publicize ,
- puckish ,
- puffiness ,
- pull a fast one on ,
- pull someone's leg ,
- pulp ,
- punk ,
- pure tone ,
- puree ,
- purport ,
- purpose ,
- pursuer ,
- pushchair ,
- pusher ,
- put ,
- put one across ,
- put one over ,
- puzzle ,
- quiet ,
- quirkiness ,
- radiation diagram ,
- radiation pattern ,
- rage ,
- range ,
- range of a function ,
- rarity ,
- reach ,
- read ,
- recitation ,
- record ,
- reference ,
- refugee camp ,
- refutation ,
- register ,
- rehearse ,
- reject ,
- reliable ,
- religiosity ,
- religiousism ,
- render ,
- report ,
- represent ,
- rig ,
- right smart ,
- rightful ,
- rise ,
- rise up ,
- rising prices ,
- role ,
- role player ,
- roleplay ,
- romance ,
- room ,
- routine ,
- rubric ,
- rule ,
- run ,
- ruse ,
- sales booth ,
- salve ,
- sang-froid ,
- sappy ,
- satiny ,
- savoir-faire ,
- schmaltzy ,
- schmalzy ,
- schtik ,
- scorn ,
- screen ,
- screening ,
- seal ,
- sebaceous ,
- see ,
- select ,
- send ,
- send-up ,
- sendup ,
- sensibility ,
- sensitiveness ,
- sensualism ,
- sentimental ,
- separate out ,
- set ,
- setup ,
- shade ,
- shallowness ,
- shammer ,
- shape ,
- sheer ,
- shenanigan ,
- shew ,
- shift ,
- shillyshally ,
- shine ,
- shipway ,
- shoot for ,
- show up ,
- showing ,
- shroud ,
- shtick ,
- shtik ,
- side of meat ,
- sieve ,
- sift ,
- silken ,
- silklike ,
- silky ,
- simulate ,
- simulated ,
- sing ,
- sit ,
- sitting ,
- situation ,
- slang ,
- slant ,
- sleazy ,
- sleek ,
- sleek down ,
- slick down ,
- slick magazine ,
- slickness ,
- slimed ,
- slip ,
- slipperiness ,
- slipway ,
- slop ,
- slope ,
- slushy ,
- sly ,
- smarm ,
- smarminess ,
- smell ,
- smooth out ,
- smooth-tongued ,
- smoothen ,
- smoothy ,
- snake oil ,
- sniffle ,
- snivel ,
- snuff ,
- soapy ,
- social movement ,
- song ,
- soppy ,
- soupy ,
- sour ,
- spatial relation ,
- speak ,
- speciality ,
- specialness ,
- specialty ,
- specious ,
- speech ,
- spill ,
- spill the beans ,
- spirit ,
- splashiness ,
- spoof ,
- spot ,
- spread over ,
- spurn ,
- stagecoach ,
- stagey ,
- stalking-horse ,
- stalling ,
- stand ,
- stateliness ,
- status ,
- stead ,
- step ,
- stick ,
- still ,
- stilted ,
- stirred ,
- stock ,
- straight ,
- strained ,
- straining ,
- straw man ,
- strawman ,
- strength ,
- strengthen ,
- stress ,
- stripe ,
- strive ,
- striving ,
- stroller ,
- stupefy ,
- stylus ,
- suave ,
- subprogram ,
- subroutine ,
- sue ,
- summer camp ,
- sweet talker ,
- swelled head ,
- swirl ,
- syrupy ,
- tacky ,
- tactic ,
- take ,
- take aim ,
- take in ,
- takeoff ,
- talent ,
- talk of the town ,
- talk through one's hat ,
- talking ,
- taradiddle ,
- target ,
- tarradiddle ,
- tattle ,
- tatty ,
- tawdriness ,
- tawdry ,
- tenor ,
- tense ,
- tense up ,
- tent ,
- testify ,
- theatrical performance ,
- theatrical role ,
- thingamabob ,
- thingamajig ,
- thingmabob ,
- thingmajig ,
- thingumabob ,
- thingumajig ,
- thingummy ,
- tilt ,
- timber ,
- timbre ,
- tincture ,
- tinge ,
- tinny ,
- tint ,
- title ,
- toilet table ,
- tommyrot ,
- tone of voice ,
- tone up ,
- tonicity ,
- tonus ,
- top ,
- torsion ,
- torture ,
- tosh ,
- touched ,
- track ,
- tradition ,
- traffic pattern ,
- train ,
- traitorously ,
- tranquil ,
- transmit ,
- trashy ,
- traverse ,
- travesty ,
- treacherously ,
- treacle ,
- treacly ,
- treasonably ,
- treasured ,
- treat ,
- trend ,
- trickery ,
- tricksy ,
- tricky ,
- trope ,
- true up ,
- truthful ,
- try ,
- tune ,
- turgidness ,
- turn ,
- turn down ,
- turn in ,
- turn to ,
- turn up ,
- twaddle ,
- twist ,
- twisting ,
- two-timing ,
- typeface ,
- ugly ,
- unctuous ,
- underwrite ,
- unfeigned ,
- unguent ,
- unmoved ,
- unnatural ,
- unreal ,
- unruffled ,
- unsporting ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- untouched ,
- untrue ,
- untruth ,
- unworthy ,
- uppityness ,
- usage ,
- usance ,
- use ,
- usher ,
- utter ,
- va. ,
- vacancy ,
- vacate ,
- vacuous ,
- vacuum ,
- valuableness ,
- valued ,
- var. ,
- variant ,
- vena ,
- venous blood vessel ,
- vent ,
- ventilate ,
- verbalise ,
- verbalize ,
- vernacular ,
- vessel ,
- vex ,
- vice ,
- video display ,
- view ,
- vile ,
- virginia ,
- visual aspect ,
- visualise ,
- visualize ,
- vividness ,
- vogue ,
- void ,
- vortex ,
- vulnerability ,
- wangle ,
- wanness ,
- wanted ,
- wear ,
- weirdness ,
- whatchamacallit ,
- whatchamacallum ,
- whatsis ,
- whirl ,
- whole step ,
- whole tone ,
- whoremaster ,
- whoremonger ,
- wicked ,
- widget ,
- wily ,
- work ,
- worthless ,
- wrap up ,
- wretched ,
- zephyr .
- fad .
- pomp .
- Ad captandum ,
- Bedizenment ,
- Behavioral Science ,
- Bluffing ,
- Contemptuousness ,
- Dissemblance ,
- Doing ,
- En Deshabille ,
- Gestures ,
- Hauteur ,
- Humbuggery ,
- Lexiphanicism ,
- Motions ,
- Movements ,
- Orotundity ,
- Pharisaism ,
- Purism ,
- Self-admiration ,
- Self-righteousness ,
- Sententiousness ,
- Snobbism ,
- Turgescence ,
- Vainness ,
- acting ,
- acting a part ,
- action ,
- actions ,
- activity ,
- acts ,
- address ,
- affectedness ,
- aim ,
- airs ,
- appearance ,
- arrogance ,
- artfulness ,
- artifice ,
- attitude ,
- attitudinizing ,
- bas bleu ,
- bearing ,
- behavior ,
- behavior pattern ,
- behavioral norm ,
- big talk ,
- cant ,
- carriage ,
- cheating ,
- color ,
- coloring ,
- colouring ,
- command of language ,
- comportment ,
- conceit ,
- condescension ,
- conduct ,
- convolution ,
- custom ,
- deception ,
- delusion ,
- demeanor ,
- demeanour ,
- deportment ,
- disdain ,
- disdainfulness ,
- dissembling ,
- dissimulation ,
- doings ,
- egotism ,
- euphemism ,
- euphuism ,
- exaggeration ,
- face ,
- fake ,
- faking ,
- false front ,
- false show ,
- falsity ,
- fashion ,
- feigning ,
- feint ,
- flashiness ,
- flatulence ,
- flatulency ,
- foible ,
- folkway ,
- formalism ,
- four-flushing ,
- frailty ,
- fulsomeness ,
- garishness ,
- gaudiness ,
- gesture ,
- gilt ,
- gloss ,
- going hollywood ,
- goings-on ,
- grandiloquence ,
- grandioseness ,
- grandiosity ,
- haughtiness ,
- hoax ,
- humbug ,
- hypocrisy ,
- idiosyncrasy ,
- image ,
- imperfection ,
- inflatedness ,
- inflation ,
- ingenuous ,
- insincerity ,
- insolence ,
- literary style ,
- loftiness ,
- lordliness ,
- lugs ,
- luridness ,
- magniloquence ,
- maintien ,
- manner ,
- manner of speaking ,
- manners ,
- mask ,
- meretriciousness ,
- method ,
- methodology ,
- methods ,
- mien ,
- mode ,
- mode of expression ,
- modus vivendi ,
- moves ,
- mummery ,
- mush ,
- narcissism ,
- overrefinement ,
- pageantry ,
- panoply ,
- pattern ,
- peculiarity ,
- performance ,
- phoniness ,
- pietism ,
- piety ,
- piousness ,
- playacting ,
- poise ,
- pomposity ,
- pompousness ,
- pontification ,
- port ,
- posing ,
- position ,
- posture ,
- posturing ,
- practice ,
- practises ,
- praxis ,
- preciosity ,
- preciousness ,
- predisposition ,
- presence ,
- presumptuousness ,
- pretence ,
- pretending ,
- pretentiousness ,
- pretext ,
- procedure ,
- proceeding ,
- public image ,
- puppetry ,
- put on ,
- putting on airs ,
- representation ,
- rhetoric ,
- sanctimoniousness ,
- sanctimony ,
- seeming ,
- self-centredness ,
- self-importance ,
- semblance ,
- sensationalism ,
- sham ,
- showiness ,
- simulacrum ,
- simulation ,
- smugness ,
- snobbery ,
- snobbishness ,
- snootiness ,
- snottiness ,
- snuffle ,
- social science ,
- speciousness ,
- stance ,
- stiltedness ,
- style ,
- stylistics ,
- superciliousness ,
- tactics ,
- tall talk ,
- tartuffery ,
- tone ,
- tortuosity ,
- tortuousness ,
- trick ,
- tumidity ,
- tumidness ,
- turgidity ,
- unaffected ,
- unction ,
- unnaturalness ,
- uppishness ,
- vanity ,
- varnish ,
- vein ,
- way ,
- way of life ,
- ways ,
- wile ,
- window dressing .
- Bravura ,
- Double dealing ,
- EXPOS ,
- Pharisaicalness ,
- Positure ,
- air ,
- arrayal ,
- bad faith ,
- bizarreness ,
- ceremonials ,
- cover up ,
- coverup ,
- domino ,
- dominoes ,
- dominos ,
- dumb act ,
- exhibition ,
- expo ,
- exposure ,
- fakery ,
- false profession ,
- falsification ,
- falsifications ,
- fig leaf ,
- for show ,
- frame up ,
- frame-up ,
- frame-ups ,
- freakishness ,
- glibness ,
- grandstand play ,
- mannerism ,
- mis-statement ,
- misstatement ,
- odd trait ,
- oddness ,
- ostentation ,
- ostentatiousness ,
- pedantry ,
- pose ,
- posturings ,
- pretense ,
- pretension ,
- queerness ,
- romanticism ,
- schtick ,
- show ,
- showboat ,
- showboats ,
- shows ,
- shufflings ,
- superficialities ,
- superficiality ,
- tear-jerker ,
- tearjerker ,
- two-facedness ,
- unctuousness ,
- unusualness ,
- va ,
- vas .
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How to use "Affectation" in context?
Affection is the soft, pleasant feeling that arises when we enjoy the company of someone or something. It can be mentioned as a motive (i.e. to attract someone's attention or make them happy), as well as an effect (i.e. making someone feel good).
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Noun, singular or mass
appropriation.
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Noun, singular or mass
allocation, allotment, assignment.
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Hyponym for Affectation:
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act
pretending, simulation, pretense, pretence, feigning.
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