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
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
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
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
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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