affectation
affectedness

To be down and out in these places is not an affectation.

I am a modern man,' he said without affectation and turned away.

It was an affectation that had developed over the years.

Affectation or not, there would never be a more appropriate moment for one.

I thought it merely an affectation for her role, not.

It is not an affectation but a role; he gives himself over.

She spoke quite simply, without any of her usual affectation.

Everyone knew it was not an affectation for the sake of the story.

She looked up at him, so completely without affectation that he had to smile.

Good writing is often about letting go of fear and affectation.

This man had an air of superiority that was not an affectation.

Perhaps in this case it is an affectation, but not a deadly one.

But at the beginning of a sentence, whom comes across as an affectation.

He'd learned that it was best to ignore her affectations.

At other times you can give things a good name (but be sure to flee from affectation).

Of course it was an affectation after all this time, but no one cared.

That lack of affectation is one reason theater people like and respect him.

An affectation, to be sure, but we are very traditional these days."

What I had mistaken for affectation was nothing but concentration.

But Major needed no affectation to play the part.

How long do girls go on being a mass of affectation?"

Usually I had to use the small bell to the side, another old-fashioned affectation.

An affectation: he might at least have had a number of them made to match his clothing.

It's one of the great affectations a man is allowed."

The diary was an affectation he allowed himself and shared with no one.