All 3 Uses
affectation
in
Franny and Zooey
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- Zooey gave a genuine roar of laughter, as if he clearly relished seeing any affectation brought to light, his own included.
Chpt 2.2 *affectation = artificial behavior to make an impression
- For another, cigars, with Zooey, were not in any patent way a young man's affectation.†
Chpt 2.3affectation = behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- It would be all right, in a way, if you thought his personal affectations were sort of funny.†
Chpt 2.3affectations = things done in an artificial way to make an impression
Definitions:
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(1)
(affectation) behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)