affectedness

1. The quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) (synset 104794991)
   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
2. A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display (synset 100757016)
   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

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