<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession: an affectation of interest in art; affectation of great wealth</li><li>conspicuous artificiality of manner or appearance; effort to attract notice by pretense, assumption, or any assumed peculiarity</li><li>Synonyms: airs, pretension, simulation, pretense, pose, facade, appearance</li><li>Antonyms: sincerity, simplicity</li><li>a trait, action, or expression characterized by such artificiality: a man of a thousand affectations</li><li>Obsolete: strenuous pursuit, desire, or aspiration</li><li>affection; fondness: his affectation of literature</li></ul>