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Meanings of mere affectation in English

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Usage of mere affectation in English
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The robe of philosophy is a mere affectation, I must confess.
The Blue Flower
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His praise of her was not all mere affectation of sentiment.
The Nether World
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He was impressed: Trajanus's military bearing was no mere affectation.
Gladiatrix
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The word "spiritual," as used in this connection, is a mere affectation.
God and My Neighbour
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Does he believed in astrology, the casting of horoscopes, or is it mere affectation?
Evelyn Innes
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Grotesque he is not seldom, but the grotesqueness is deliberate and effective, and no mere affectation.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
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It was no mere affectation; she was not conscious, in smiling, of the expression upon her face.
The Nether World
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I find it mere affectation to protest that my grief prevents me from dealing with practical matters.
The death of ivan ilyich: and, master and man
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Perhaps her suspicion is mere affectation.
Too wicked to kiss
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Yet this has not degenerated into mere affectation and softness; there is none of the over refinement of luxury.
Emile
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In the girl, quiescence was the natural outcome of womanly reserve; in the Boy, it would have been mere affectation.
The Heavenly Twins
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Nor is this demeanour a mere affectation, a tactic to seduce defenders into thinking Asprilla is either drained or disaffected.
The Irish Times
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In his peculiar American way, he was very religious, and I knew that his piety was not a mere affectation.
The Rise of David Levinsky
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Therefore it would be mere affectation to copy the later orthography of Chaucer, or to interlard one's sentences with obsolete words.
Alfgar the Dane or the Second Chronicle of Aescendune / A Tale o...
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For instance: our reprobation of bright colour is, I think, for the most part, mere affectation, and must soon be done away with.
Selections From the Works of John Ruskin
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There are no sillier things in life than the mere affectations of intellectuality.
Men, Women, and God / A Discussion of Sex Questions from the Chr...
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