affectation

C2 Topic:Nature & Landscape

US /ˌæfɛkˈteɪʃən/ UK /ˌæf.ɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #53279

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noun
A way of behaving or speaking that is not natural and is meant to impress others.

His posh accent was just an affectation he put on at parties.

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1 noun · a way of behaving or... affectedness mannerism pose

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Forms affectations

Derived forms affectationalaffectationist

Related forms affectaffectatiousaffecter affection affectionate affective

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Proto-Italic *adfakjō Proto-Italic *adfaktāō Latin affectō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin affectātiōder. Middle French affectationbor. ▲ Latin affectātiōbor. English affectation From Middle French affectation and its etymon Latin affectātiōnem, from affectō (“to feign”). By surface analysis, affect + -ation.

affectation Middle French affectātiōnem Latin

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Nature & Landscape Word Formation & Derivatives

# affectation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˌæfɛkˈteɪʃən
**IPA (UK):** ˌæf.ɛkˈteɪ.ʃən
**Frequency rank:** 53279

## Meanings
1. A way of behaving or speaking that is not natural and is meant to impress others.

## Examples
- His posh accent was just an affectation he put on at parties.

## Derived Forms
- affectational
- affectationist

## Related Forms
- affect
- affectatious
- affecter
- affection
- affectionate
- affective

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: affectation
- Root: affectātiōnem

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Proto-Italic *adfakjō Proto-Italic *adfaktāō Latin affectō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin affectātiōder. Middle French affectationbor. ▲ Latin affectātiōbor. English affectation From Middle French affectation and its etymon Latin affectātiōnem, from affectō (“to feign”). By surface analysis, affect + -ation.

## AI Etymology
Affectation is from Middle French affectation and its etymon Latin affectātiōnem, from affectō (“to feign”). By surface analysis, affect + -ation. The older chain passes through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd > Proto-Italic *ad > Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- > Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti > Proto-Italic *θakjō > Proto-Italic *fakjō > Proto-Italic *adfakjō > Proto-Italic *adfaktāō. In present-day use, it means a way of behaving or speaking that is not natural and is meant to impress others. Derived formations include affectational and affectationist.

## Topics
- Nature & Landscape
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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