Bronx Chronicle Word of the Day: February 9, 2016

affectation

Definition: (noun) A show, pretense, or display.
Synonyms: pose, mannerism
Usage: Strickland would not go near them, not from any affectation of stoicism, for I found him seated on a three-legged stool when I went into the studio one day and he was alone, but because he did not like them.

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