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61mannerism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. eccentricity, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy; affectation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. idiosyncrasy, pretension, peculiarity; see characteristic , pose , quirk . See Synonym Study at pose . III (Roget s 3… …
62pose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. attitude, affectation; position, posture; aspect, figure. See form. v. sit; attitudinize, affect; propound; question, puzzle, quiz, inquire, nonplus. See difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. artificial …
63before, prior to — There is no difference between these two except length and a certain inescapable affectedness on the part of prior to. To paraphrase Theodore Bernstein, if you would use posterior to instead of after, then by all means use prior to instead of… …
64before, prior to — There is no difference between these two except length and a certain inescapable affectedness on the part of prior to. To paraphrase Bernstein, if you would use posterior to instead of after, then by all means use prior to instead of before …
65before, prior to — There is no difference between these two except length and a certain inescapable affectedness on the part of prior to. To paraphrase Bernstein, if you would use posterior to instead of after, then by all means use prior to instead of before …
66preciosities — pre·ci·os·i·ty || ‚preʃɪ É‘sÉ™tɪ / É’s n. meticulousness, stringency; affectedness, overrefinement; excessive fastidiousness, extreme fussiness …
67preciosity — pre·ci·os·i·ty || ‚preʃɪ É‘sÉ™tɪ / É’s n. meticulousness, stringency; affectedness, overrefinement; excessive fastidiousness, extreme fussiness …
68affected — adjective 1》 artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress. 2》 archaic disposed or inclined in a specified way. Derivatives affectedly adverb affectedness noun …
69chichi — [ ʃi:ʃi:] adjective attempting stylish elegance but achieving only an over elaborate affectedness. Origin early 20th cent.: from Fr., of imitative origin …
70affectation — n. Pretension, airs, affectedness, mannerism, assumed manners, affected manner, pretence, false pretence, artificiality, unnaturalness, stiffness, finical air, mincingness, foppery …
