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单词 affectedness
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Definition of affectedness in English:

affectedness

noun əˈfɛktədnəsəˈfɛktədnəs
mass noun
  • The character or quality of being affected or pretentious.

    her lack of affectedness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The formality and scale of her attire, her pose, and her lack of affectedness suggest class and gender and also hyperbole and overstatement.
    • They're slight to say the least and ordinary-looking to the point of affectedness.
    • She had no affectedness anywhere, but was as natural as are all the girls of her generation.
    • Which is not to say that the Book Fair was a less worthy event: the renovated schoolhouse somehow dispels art world affectedness, and I've always found the setting to be more precious than ironic.
    • Add in his entertaining surliness and weird affectedness—with his ranch, cop moustache, and drawl, you'd think he grew up in Texas rather than southern California.
    Synonyms
    pretension, pretentiousness, artificiality, insincerity, posturing, posing, pretence, ostentation, grandiosity, snobbery, superciliousness
 
 

Definition of affectedness in US English:

affectedness

nounəˈfɛktədnəsəˈfektədnəs
  • The character or quality of being affected or pretentious.

    her lack of affectedness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Which is not to say that the Book Fair was a less worthy event: the renovated schoolhouse somehow dispels art world affectedness, and I've always found the setting to be more precious than ironic.
    • She had no affectedness anywhere, but was as natural as are all the girls of her generation.
    • Add in his entertaining surliness and weird affectedness—with his ranch, cop moustache, and drawl, you'd think he grew up in Texas rather than southern California.
    • The formality and scale of her attire, her pose, and her lack of affectedness suggest class and gender and also hyperbole and overstatement.
    • They're slight to say the least and ordinary-looking to the point of affectedness.
    Synonyms
    pretension, pretentiousness, artificiality, insincerity, posturing, posing, pretence, ostentation, grandiosity, snobbery, superciliousness
 
 
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