Affectation and Example

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Affectation noun - The quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case.

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Example and affectation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Example" instead a noun "Affectation".

Example noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.

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Affectation and example are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affectation" instead a noun "Example".

rare	rare affectation	rare example
common	common affectation	common example
straight	straight affectation	straight example
blatant	blatant affectation	blatant example
Other adjectives: bad, traditional, strange.

For example, "Pyramids of Mars" had him explain his apathy towards a man's death as being due to being inhuman, but the story had started with a scene of the Doctor sulking about how he's a Time Lord that was played for midlife crisis laughs, suggesting it may well be a pretentious affectation.

Source: Inhuman Emotion

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