affectation in the PONS Dictionary

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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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Many consider this an affectation with the past.
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He doesn't need the eye patch, of course; it's just an affectation.
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The alternative spelling is an old-fashioned affectation and is used in order to remind revellers and participants of medieval "fayres" and markets.
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He was always perfect in his parts, indefatigable in industry, and wholly free from affectation.
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Over the years, new training methods were evolved to strip actors of affectations, attitudes and ego trips.
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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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They are unable to reach the highest levels of sympathy, and can not cleanse themselves of affectation and pretence.
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Mallet finds himself unexpectedly attracted to the young womanto her simplicity, her lack of affectation, her honesty.
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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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