affectation

«affectation» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A pretended way of speaking, acting or showing a feeling… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (affectation, affectations)

meaning for a pupil

A pretended way of speaking, acting or showing a feeling, put on to seem clever or grand, not genuine. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a character who puts on a show of feeling or manners that they do not really have

examples

• He spoke with an affectation of interest. tree →
• The old man showed a great affectation of alarm. tree →
• Her grand voice was pure affectation. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «affectation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.