affectation: Meaning and Definition of

af•fec•ta•tion

1. an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession: an affectation of interest in art; affectation of great wealth.
2. conspicuous artificiality of manner or appearance; effort to attract notice by pretense, assumption, or any assumed peculiarity.
3. a trait, action, or expression characterized by such artificiality: a man of a thousand affectations.
4. his affectation of literature.
1. strenuous pursuit, desire, or aspiration.
2. affection; fondness:his affectation of literature.