"affectedness" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

tells us about:
- affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- unaffected - free of artificiality; sincere and genuine
is a type of: unnaturalness - the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles
subtypes:
- airs, pose - affected manners intended to impress others
- coyness, demureness - the affectation of being demure in a provocative way
- preciosity, preciousness - the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined
is a type of: feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation - the act of giving a false appearance
subtypes:
- attitude - a theatrical pose created for effect
- radical chic - an affectation of radical left-wing views and the fashionable dress and lifestyle that goes with them
same as: affectation, mannerism, pose