Affectedness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)

a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈælɪpɚd/

🇬🇧British English

/bˈɪjuːn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bˈɪjuːn/

4 syllables Say it as /kˈælɪpɚd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pose mannerism affectation

Antonyms

unaffectedness

Word Forms

affected	adjective	speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
pose	verb	behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Betroffenheit

die Eigenschaft, falsch oder künstlich zu sein (um andere zu beeindrucken)

🇫🇷French

affectation

la qualité d'être faux ou artificiel (comme pour impressionner les autres)

🇪🇸Spanish

fingimiento

la cualidad de ser falso o artificial (para impresionar a otros)

🇮🇹Italian

affettazione

la qualità di essere falso o artificiale (come per impressionare gli altri)

🇳🇱Dutch

aantasting

de kwaliteit van vals of kunstmatig zijn (om indruk te maken op anderen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

afetação

a qualidade de ser falso ou artificial (para impressionar os outros)

🇷🇺Russian

аффективность

качество быть фальшивым или искусственным (чтобы произвести впечатление на других)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रभाव

झूठा या कृत्रिम होने का गुण (दूसरों को प्रभावित करने के लिए)

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রভাব

মিথ্যা বা কৃত্রিম হওয়ার গুণ (অন্যদের প্রভাবিত করার জন্য)

🇮🇳Tamil

பாதிப்பு

தவறான அல்லது செயற்கையாக இருப்பதன் தரம் (மற்றவர்களைக் கவருவதற்காக)

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రభావితం

తప్పు లేదా కృత్రిమంగా ఉండే నాణ్యత (ఇతరులను ఆకట్టుకోవడానికి)

🇮🇳Marathi

परिणाम

खोटे किंवा कृत्रिम असण्याची गुणवत्ता (इतरांना प्रभावित करण्यासाठी)

🇮🇳Gujarati

અસર

ખોટા અથવા કૃત્રિમ હોવાની ગુણવત્તા (અન્યને પ્રભાવિત કરવા માટે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪರಿಣಾಮ

ಸುಳ್ಳು ಅಥವಾ ಕೃತಕವಾಗಿರುವ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ (ಇತರರನ್ನು ಮೆಚ್ಚಿಸಲು)

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്വാധീനം

തെറ്റായതോ കൃത്രിമമോ ആയതിൻ്റെ ഗുണമേന്മ (മറ്റുള്ളവരെ ആകർഷിക്കുന്നതിനായി)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ

ਝੂਠੇ ਜਾਂ ਨਕਲੀ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ (ਦੂਜਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ)

🇵🇰Urdu

اثر

جھوٹے یا مصنوعی ہونے کا معیار (دوسروں کو متاثر کرنے کے لیے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

影响力

虚假或做作的品质（为了给别人留下深刻印象）

🇯🇵Japanese

影響を受けている

（他人に印象を与えるための）虚偽または人工的な性質

🇰🇷Korean

영향을 받음

거짓되거나 인위적인 것(다른 사람에게 깊은 인상을 주기 위해)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự ảnh hưởng

chất lượng sai hoặc giả tạo (để gây ấn tượng với người khác)

🇹🇭Thai

ความได้รับผลกระทบ

คุณภาพของการเป็นเท็จหรือเทียม (เพื่อให้ผู้อื่นประทับใจ)

🇮🇩Indonesian

pengaruh

kualitas menjadi palsu atau dibuat-buat (untuk mengesankan orang lain)

🇵🇭Filipino

pagiging apektado

ang kalidad ng pagiging mali o artipisyal (para mapabilib ang iba)

🇲🇾Malay

kesan

kualiti palsu atau tiruan (untuk menarik perhatian orang lain)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تأثر

نوعية كونها كاذبة أو مصطنعة (لإقناع الآخرين)

🇮🇷Persian

تاثیر پذیری

کیفیت کاذب یا ساختگی بودن (برای تحت تاثیر قرار دادن دیگران)

🇹🇷Turkish

etkilenme

sahte veya yapay olma niteliği (başkalarını etkilemek için)

🇮🇱Hebrew

מושפעות

האיכות של להיות שקרי או מלאכותי (כאשר להרשים אחרים)

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