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

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

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

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

Newfangledness :: Newfangledness (n.) Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected fashion or form..

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..

Affectedness :: Affectedness (n.) Affectation.

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..

Affectation :: Affectation (n.) Fondness; affection.

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..

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

Affection :: Affection (n.) Affectation.

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

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

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

Newfangled :: Newfangled (a.) Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty.

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

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

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

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