affectatious

English edit

Etymology edit

affectation +‎ -ous or +‎ -ious.

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Adjective edit

affectatious (comparative more affectatious, superlative most affectatious)

Pretentious, artificial, fake, sham, feigned; doing something just for show.
- 2004, “Chapter Two”, in The Hidden Handshake: National Identity and Europe in the Post-Communist World‎^[1] (Political Science), Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 54:
  At the same time, American intellectual and artistic elites, … help create a sophisticated, if sometimes affectatious urban mentality.

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