affectation
Example Sentences
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Carroll proved long ago it’s not an act or affectation; it’s just who he is, for better or worse.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2023
We had to find the musicality of era-specific speech and behavior, without it feeling like an affectation.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2023
Walking, standing — everyday movements performed by dancers without affectation to create something new, a kind of pedestrian classicism.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023
A creature of social affectation, he’s lost touch with any artistic authenticity he might once have possessed.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022
He has been dragged into the conversation, which he had been observing with the affectation of someone hoping to recede into the wallpaper.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing affectation
The Great Gatsby
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The Hunger Games
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Crime and Punishment
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