Affectedness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality of being affected; affectation.
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  • noun. Affectation.
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  • noun. The state or quality of being affected.
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  • noun. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  • noun. the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)
    • Word Usage
    "That's the reigning voice, the Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem off-kilter irony, Philip K. Dick with a lobotomy, and you better get with the program, the Manhattan-Brooklyn affectedness, or else."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    affectation  
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