affectation
Example Sentences
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The Hepburn surname was an affectation of her father’s, which she later adopted.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
It plays out like a drunken freestyling session in your coolest friend’s apartment — with lines like “you are not that bitch” delivered with a heavily-accented affectation that feels seductive, but more importantly, unbothered.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
We had to find the musicality of era-specific speech and behavior, without it feeling like an affectation.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2023
With no affectation whatsoever, and a voice directly wired to her emotions, she makes Lucille our way into a story we might rather turn away from.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023
“You don’t know what I can do. Snow produces a glow and a tingle, if applied rightly. Your indifference is half affectation, and a good stirring up would prove it.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary lists containing affectation
The Great Gatsby
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Crime and Punishment
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