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- [uh-fek-tid]
- /əˈfɛk tɪd/
- /ə.ˈfek.tɪd.nəs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-fek-tid]
- /əˈfɛk tɪd/
Definitions of affectedness word
- adjective affectedness assumed artificially; unnatural; feigned: affected sophistication; an affected British accent. 1
- adjective affectedness assuming or pretending to possess that which is not natural: Her affected wealth and social pedigree are so obviously false that it's embarrassing. 1
- adjective affectedness inclined or disposed: well affected toward the speaker's cause. 1
- adjective affectedness held in affection; fancied: a novel much affected by our grandparents. 1
- noun affectedness The state or quality of being affected. 1
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Origin of affectedness
First appearance:
before 1525 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1525-35; affect2 + -ed2
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Parts of speech for Affectedness
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
affectedness popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
affectedness usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for affectedness
noun affectedness
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- mannerism — a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping his fingers while he talks. They copied his literary mannerisms but always lacked his ebullience.
- air — Air is the mixture of gases which forms the Earth's atmosphere and which we breathe.
- insincerity — the quality of being insincere; lack of sincerity; hypocrisy; deceitfulness.
- pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
Antonyms for affectedness
noun affectedness
- honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
- naturalness — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
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