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Webster 1913 Edition
Affectation
Afˊfec-ta′tion
,Noun.
[L.
affectatio
: cf. F. affectation
.] 1.
An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
“An affectation of contempt.” Macaulay.
Affectation
is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural what is natural. Locke.
2.
A striving after.
[Obs.]
Bp. Pearson.
3.
Fondness; affection.
[Obs.]
Hooker.
Webster 1828 Edition
Affectation
AFFECTA'TION
,Noun.
1.
An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false pretense; artificial appearance, or show; as, an affectation of wit, or of virtue.2.
Fondness; affection. [Not used.]