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What is an affectation?

What is an affectation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
  2. An unusual mannerism.
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He doesn't use correct punctuation, and I think it may be more affectation than lack of education.
Each of the performers is distinctive because of his or her unique appearance or affectation.
Despite what many of your comrades believe, showering is not just a middle class affectation.
But there's a lot more of John Lennon's pensive melodicism than Paul Simon's simpering folkie affectation in Smith's music.
When I started staying in hotels I assumed that diagonally sliced toast was some kind of catering affectation.
She was always repelled by affectation in young or old, and was, perhaps unconsciously, a little unsympathetic toward children on this account.

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