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Synonyms of affectation in English:

affectation


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noun

1‘she has no affectation’

SYNONYMS
pretension, pretentiousness, affectedness, artificiality, insincerity, posturing, posing, pretence, ostentation, grandiosity, snobbery, superciliousness
airs, airs and graces, pretensions
informal snootiness, uppishness, humbug
British informal side
ANTONYMS

naturalness

2‘nothing would shake his affectation of calm’

SYNONYMS
facade, front, show, appearance, false display, pretence, simulation, posture, pose, sham, fake, act, masquerade, charade, mask, cloak, veil, veneer, guise
make-believe, play-acting, feigning, shamming