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affectedness

noun as in affectation

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Example Sentences

The Burghers are not to be match'd for Affectedness, and their Conversation is insupportable.

There was an involuntary affectedness in Mrs Yule's speech which repelled Reardon.

There is no affectedness of speech—for the moment it is childishly genuine.

She had been formerly sharp in her condemnation of the Countess—her affectedness, her euphuism, and her vulgarity.

"It wasn't affectedness, it was got-to-do-it-ness," said Cricket, stoutly.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to affectedness, such as: air, grandiosity, insincerity, mannerism, pretense, and pretension.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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