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af⋅fect⋅ed

2   [uh-fek-tid]
–adjective
1. assumed artificially; unnatural; feigned: affected sophistication; an affected British accent.
2. assuming or pretending to possess that which is not natural: Her affected wealth and social pedigree are so obviously false that it's embarrassing.
3. inclined or disposed: well affected toward the speaker's cause.
4. held in affection; fancied: a novel much affected by our grandparents.
Origin:
1525–35; affect 2 + -ed 2
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af·fect·ed 2     (ə-fěk'tĭd)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Assumed or simulated to impress others: an affected accent.
  2. Speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression.
  3. Disposed or inclined.

[From affect2.]
af·fect'ed·ly adv., af·fect'ed·ness n.
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affectedness

noun
1. the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) [ant: unaffectedness] 
2. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn: affectation] 

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Affectedness

Af*fect"ed*ness\, n. Affectation.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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