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

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

Hum :: Hum (interj.) An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc..

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

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

Affectation :: Affectation (n.) An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.

Affectedness :: Affectedness (n.) Affectation.

Rhapsodist :: Rhapsodist (n.) One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling.

Snobbishness :: Snobbishness (n.) Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of mean things; conduct or manners of a snob.

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..

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..

Unaffected :: Unaffected (a.) Free from affectation; plain; simple; natural; real; sincere; genuine; as, unaffected sorrow..

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

Affection :: Affection (n.) Affectation.

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

Euphuism :: Euphuism (n.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.

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

Pietism :: Pietism (n.) Strict devotion; also, affectation of devotion..

Affectationist :: Affectationist (n.) One who exhibits affectation.

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

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