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Word of the Day (Tuesday November 18, 2008)
affectation \af-ek-TAY-shuhn\, noun:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/58533
1. an artificial way of talking or behaving put on to impress
others; pretense
2. an unnatural action, expression, or trait that indicates
artificiality
In a culture of electricity and annual holidays, for example, to
pace one's work to the rhythm of the seasons or daylight would
amount to affectation.
-- Janet Burroway, Heartbreak Hotel," review of Martin Dressler:
The Tale of an American Dreamer, by Steven Millhauser, New
York Times, May 11, 1992
I had heard talk that Tosca, for all the dissolute life she led,
was a pious person who frequented churches with scrupulous
regularity, yet in this conduct I had always suspected a pose,
an affectation.
-- Paola Capriolo, Floria Tosca (translated by Liz Heron)
I extended a hand out into the air for no reason, a professorial
affectation.
-- John Burnham Schwartz, Reservation Road
Wait! my father shouted with an affectation of sudden
comprehension. I recognize you!
-- Ev Ehrlich, Grant Speaks
by 1548, "studied display," from Latin affectationem, from
affectare "to strive for"
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