affectedness

2 definitions found

affectedness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Affectedness \Af*fect"ed*ness\, n.
     Affectation.
     [1913 Webster]

affectedness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  affectedness
      n 1: the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress
           others) [ant: unaffectedness]
      2: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn:
         affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness]