Affected
Affected adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.
Usage example: an affected southern accent
Deliberate and affected are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deliberate" instead an adjective "Affected".
Deliberate
Deliberate adjective - Decided on as a result of careful thought.
Affected and deliberate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affected" instead an adjective "Deliberate".
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Deliberate Values Dissonance: The racism endemic in white Texan society in the 1860s and 1870s, where someone being 1/8th Cherokee was still a big deal, is not airbrushed out - even Laurie, one of the most sympathetic characters of the movie, is affected by it.
Source: Film / The Searchers - Deliberate Injury Gambit: Ferguson getting sodomized with a broom handle by Lucy's gang seems to have genuinely affected her, until we see that she's deliberately playing it up to make Kaz want to protect and avenge her.
Source: Series / Wentworth
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