Artificial behavior adopted to impress others

• pretense

  1. A false appearance or action intended to deceive:
  2. A professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext:
  3. Something imagined or pretended:

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  1. A false appearance or action intended to deceive:
  2. A professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext:
  3. Something imagined or pretended:

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• pose

  1. To set forth in words for consideration; propound:
  2. To present or constitute:
  3. To place (a model, for example) in a specific position.

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  1. To set forth in words for consideration; propound:
  2. To present or constitute:
  3. To place (a model, for example) in a specific position.

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• air

  1. A colorless, odorless, tasteless, gaseous mixture, mainly nitrogen (approximately 78 percent) and oxygen (approximately 21 percent) with lesser amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, neon, helium, and other gases.
  2. This mixture with varying amounts of moisture and particulate matter, enveloping the earth; the atmosphere.
  3. The sky; the firmament.

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  1. A colorless, odorless, tasteless, gaseous mixture, mainly nitrogen (approximately 78 percent) and oxygen (approximately 21 percent) with lesser amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, neon, helium, and other gases.
  2. This mixture with varying amounts of moisture and particulate matter, enveloping the earth; the atmosphere.
  3. The sky; the firmament.

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• affectedness

  1. The state or quality of being affected.

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  1. The state or quality of being affected.

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• affectation

  1. A mannerism or habit that is assumed rather than natural, especially to impress others.
  2. Behavior characterized by such mannerisms or habits; artificiality:

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  1. A mannerism or habit that is assumed rather than natural, especially to impress others.
  2. Behavior characterized by such mannerisms or habits; artificiality:

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