affectation

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Vocal fry is a normal vocal affectation — used by both men and women — where you drop your voice for emphasis.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024

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

Some said that what we saw as a lack of intelligence was in fact a regional affectation: Walker speaks the way many Black people in Georgia speak.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2022

She embodies Wednesday with her flat affectation and utter disdain for her peers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2022

Esthetics as a parlor affectation is ludicrous and sometimes a little obscene; as a way of life it sometimes attains dignity.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer