Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being affected; affectation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Affectation.

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  • noun The state or quality of being affected.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  • noun the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)

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Examples

  • That's the reigning voice, the Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem off-kilter irony, Philip K. Dick with a lobotomy, and you better get with the program, the Manhattan-Brooklyn affectedness, or else.

    Anis Shivani: Voice in Fiction: A Favorite MFA/Writing Program Shibboleth 2010

  • Although their music and sharp neon aesthetic are quite obviously influenced by the me decade, La Roux members Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid exude none of the aloof affectedness that artists with cultural nostalgia usually do.

    Buzzine » They’re Going In For The Kill 2009

  • What I want is a combination of the adventure aspect of WoW with the world-affectedness of Planescape and the customability of Second Life.

    my ideal game… « Love | Peace | Ohana 2007

  • I think that term has lost its affectedness and accuracy.

    Waldo Jaquith - Galveston mayor responds to Weed mailer. 2006

  • The bodily rooted nature of all moodedness, i.e. of all affectedness by the world, implies also that the union of souls in love or friendship can be described suggestively in a poetic language as 'one soul in two bodies' or 'two hearts beating as one'.

    Archive 2008-02-01 enowning 2008

  • The bodily rooted nature of all moodedness, i.e. of all affectedness by the world, implies also that the union of souls in love or friendship can be described suggestively in a poetic language as 'one soul in two bodies' or 'two hearts beating as one'.

    enowning enowning 2008

  • Few see it as affectedness or selfish disrespect, laugh, relaxed by humour dispensed as freely as the largess of sensibly priced first-class avocados.

    Less Penance As Relief Ivan Donn Carswell 2007

  • We embrace our seasonally affectedness not as a disorder but an opportunity.

    the seventh house is in uranus 2007

  • There are varying degrees of affectedness, ranging from near catatonia to individuals that can function independently.

    At My Table 2006

  • There are varying degrees of affectedness, ranging from near catatonia to individuals that can function independently.

    Archive 2006-07-01 2006

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