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Phonetic spelling of affectation
af-fect-a-tion
af-fec-ta-tion
af-ek-tey-shuhn
af-fec-ta-tion
Meanings for affectation
It is a term that belongs to the category of noun, which means an insincere behaviour.
Synonyms for affectation
Examples of in a sentence
, recently laced up their sensible shoes and launched an unprecedented canvassing campaign to goose slumped enrollment rates, the panicked affectation was unmistakable
Curiously, Apotheosis is used by the Latin Christian poet, Prudentius (c. 400), as the title of a poem defending orthodox views on the person of Christ and other points of doctrine - the affectation of a decadent age.
There is no lack of humour in them, and there is never a hint of affectation in the writing; indeed, the author, doing spontaneously the work nearest to his hand, was very likely unconscious that he was making a contribution to history.
There is a curious affectation about his style - a falsetto note - which, notwithstanding all his efforts to please, is often irritating to the reader.
Translations of affectation
Spanish :
afectación
Arabic :
التكلف
German :
Affektiertheit
Portuguese :
afetação
Italian :
affettazione
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