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behaving in an artificial way to make an impression- She is comfortable in her own skin and meets strangers without affectation.
affectation = behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- Her apparent wealth was proven to be an affectation.
- He's a good actor. He can change affectations and mannerisms like most people change clothes.
- A plain speaker without airs or affectations, the chief fostered a spirit of collegiality among...Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist -- http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/09/04/rehnquist.reaction/index.html (retrieved 04/03/08)
- "I'm Cinna, your stylist," he says in a quiet voice somewhat lacking in the Capitol's affectations.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- Zooey gave a genuine roar of laughter, as if he clearly relished seeing any affectation brought to light, his own included.J.D. Salinger -- Franny and Zooey
- In many senses, the Baroque period was characterized by vanity or affectation.Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
- He hated his mother's affectations.Oscar Wilde -- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- no pride, vanity, or affectationJonathan Swift -- Gulliver's Travels
- Those who knew me formerly thought my name was freakish and an affectation of Frenchiness.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- Fagin's affectation of humanityCharles Dickens -- Oliver Twist
- Though his voice has yet to change, he has no feminine affectations.Ron Suskind -- A Hope in the Unseen
- What I finally realized were affectations—the smoking jacket that he sometimes wore to school and his foreign cigarettes, which were actually his mother's—I thought were evidence of his higher breeding.Alice Sebold -- The Lovely Bones
- [Speaking of Jordan Baker] The bored haughty face that she turned to the world concealed something — most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning — and one day I found what it was. ... She was incurably dishonest.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby
- Eunice [affectedly casual]:Tennessee Williams -- A Streetcar Named Desire
- I hate this affectation of youth, sir.Oscar Wilde -- An Ideal Husband
- If Dolores knew, she would crawl up in her blanket of affectations and die circumspectly.Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- I assure you, Watson, without affectation, that the status of my client is a matter of less moment to me than the interest of his case.Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- The peculiar man waved a lazy wave at Ford and with an appalling affectation of nonchalance said, "Ford, hi, how are you?"Douglas Adams -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- no ... phrase that might indite the author of affectation;William Shakespeare -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
affectation = something displayed with artificial behavior to make an impression
affectations = things done in an artificial way to make an impression
affectations = things done in an artificial way to make an impression
affectation = artificial behavior to make an impression
affectation = behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
affectations = things done in an artificial way to make an impression
affectation = behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
affectation = something taken on artificially to make an impression
affectation = behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
affectations = artificial traits put on to make an impression
affectations = things done in an artificial way to make an impression
affectations = things done in an artificial way to make an impression
affectedly = pretending to be
affectation = behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
affectations = things done in an artificial way to make an impression
affectation = behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
affectation = behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
affectation = trying to show off