All 4 Uses of
affectation
in
The Idiot
- But Aglaya evidently thoroughly enjoyed the affectation and ceremony with which she was introducing her recitation of the poem.†
Chpt 2.6 *affectation = behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- All the affectation of manner which she had displayed at the beginning disappeared as the ballad proceeded.†
Chpt 2.7
- However, the prince soon changed his mind on this score, and thought that there was not only no affectation of indifference, but that Rogojin was not even particularly agitated.†
Chpt 3.3
- "Affectation!" remarked someone else.†
Chpt 3.5