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Histrionism :: Histrionism (n.) Theatrical representation; acting; affectation.

Pedantical :: Pedantical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation..

Sophomorical :: Sophomorical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated in style or manner; as, sophomoric affectation..

Stalk :: Stalk (v. i.) To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step..

Affectation :: Affectation (n.) A striving after.

Puppyism :: Puppyism (n.) Extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or impudence..

Puppetry :: Puppetry (n.) Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation..

Cantatory :: Cantatory (a.) Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing.

Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning..

Grandiose :: Grandiose (a.) Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style..

Plain :: Plain (superl.) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.

Foppery :: Foppery (n.) The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly..

Dude :: Dude (n.) A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations..

Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic..

Grimace :: Grimace (n.) A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face..

Inaffectation :: Inaffectation (n.) Freedom from affectation; naturalness.

Teratology :: Teratology (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.

Religionism :: Religionism (n.) Affectation or pretense of religion.

Drawl :: Drawl (v. i.) To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc..

Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart..

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