affectation in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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affectation [Brit afɛkˈteɪʃ(ə)n, Am ˌæfɛkˈteɪʃ(ə)n] N (all contexts)

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affectation [ˌæfekˈteɪʃn] N pej

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Many consider this an affectation with the past.
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They are unable to reach the highest levels of sympathy, and can not cleanse themselves of affectation and pretence.
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His tastes were reflected in his personal affectation of 18th-century costume and manners in his everyday life.
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There is also an emphasis on candid and casual moments with very little affectation.
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He focused on the curvature of his designs, believing that the forms he produced were highly practical and not artistic affectations.
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It pleased him to affect a vein of melancholy, and this affectation has been reproduced by his followers.
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Gym is a forceful, swaggering man who carries a katana as an affectation.
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You can take on the affectations and the postures of other places and even learn to speak their ways.
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With an outward affectation of godliness, he went to every excess of cruelty and extortion.
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Nick suffers from light dementia, and that affectation was dealt with thoughtfully throughout the series.
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