affectation
pronunciation
How to pronounce affectation in British English:
UK [ˌæfekˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce affectation in American English:
US [ˌæfɛkˈteʃən]
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- Noun:
- a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Word Origin
- affectation (n.)
- "studied display," 1540s, from French affectation (16c.) or directly from Latin affectationem (nominative affectatio) "a striving after, a claiming," noun of action from past participle stem of affectare "to strive for" (see affect (v.2)).
Example
- 1. Part of the problem is a tendency to affectation .
- 2. There is no hint of artifice or affectation , just a deep understanding of the music .
- 3. Even then , it was regarded as an affectation and occasionally banned by the church in various parts of europe as an affront to god .
- 4. One small quibble is the affectation in the title that this period of california 's history began in 1950 and ended in 1963 ( coincidentally the year of president kennedy 's assassination ) .
- 5. It 's interesting to see the different views of glamour and fashion over time , and how a bullet bra can be the height of seductive lingerie in one decade , and a ridiculous affectation in another .