Both Uses of "affectation" in "O Pioneers!"

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Both Uses

affectation
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O Pioneers!
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All his interests they treated as affectations.
Chpt 4.3 *

affectations = things done only to make an impression
She had a way of making the best of things that seemed to him a sentimental affectation.†
Chpt 4.7

affectation = behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

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(1) (affectation)
behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)