AFFECTATION

n. 1 affectedness, pretentiousness, artificiality, insincerity, posturing She behaves with so much affectation that I never can be sure of her real feelings 2 pretence, simulation, false display, show, front, pose, pretension, façade; act, airs Some people's charitable concern for others is mere affectation Using a long cigarette-holder is one of her many affectations.