Affectedness
Affectedness noun - The quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case.
Hypocrisy and affectedness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hypocrisy" instead a noun "Affectedness".
Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy noun - The pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have.
Usage example: the hypocrisy of people who claim to care about the environment but ride around in gas-guzzlers
Affectedness and hypocrisy are semantically related. You can use "Affectedness" instead a noun "Hypocrisy".
Nearby Words: hypocritical, hypocrite
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pretence and affectedness
- pretence and hypocrisy
- sham and affectedness
- sham and hypocrisy
- deception and affectedness
- deception and hypocrisy
- display and affectedness
- display and hypocrisy
- show and affectedness
- show and hypocrisy
- artifice and affectedness
- artifice and hypocrisy
- pretension and affectedness
- pretension and hypocrisy
Cite this Source
Hypocrisy and Affectedness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/affectedness/hypocrisy
Affectedness & Hypocrisy. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/affectedness/hypocrisy>.
Hypocrisy or Affectedness. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/affectedness/hypocrisy.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "affectedness" and "hypocrisy" have occurred on timeline