Both Uses
affectation
in
Into the Wild
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- Esthetics as a parlor affectation is ludicrous and sometimes a little obscene; as a way of life it sometimes attains dignity.†
p. 87.8affectation = behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- Those who knew me formerly thought my name was freakish and an affectation of Frenchiness.
p. 93.4 *affectation = something taken on artificially 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)