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affectation
Synonyms and Antonyms of affectation
the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case
arrogance, bumptiousness, complacency, conceit, egotism, hauteur, imperiousness, pompousness, presumptuousness, pride, self-aggrandizement, self-assertion, self-assumption, self-conceit, self-consequence, self-glorification, self-importance, self-satisfaction, smugness, vaingloriousness, vainglory, vainness, vanity
disdain, haughtiness, lordliness, snobbery, snobbishness, superciliousness, superiority
confidence, presumption, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness
aggressiveness, assertiveness, audaciousness, boldness, brassiness, cheekiness, cockiness, forwardness, impudence, insolence, rudeness
flamboyance, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, mummery, ostentation, ostentatiousness, show, showiness
Synonym Discussion of affectation
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- her shyness was just a pose
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- a traveler's sophisticated air
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- snobbish airs
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- the posh accent is an affectation
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- gesturing with a cigarette was her most noticeable mannerism
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