Meaning of affectationist | Babel Free

Definitions

One who exhibits affectation.

Examples

“Adamantiferous, etymologically correct⟳, would never answer⟳; but all except pedants or affectationists would be satisfied with diamond-producing.”

“Colour is a grand subject for our modern affectationists. The proof of a gift for colour would, according to them, appear⟳ to be that you do not see⟳ in any object the colour which people have⟳ seen in it since the beginning of the world […]”

“First of all, Artmann is to be understood as an affectationist, whereby this qualification need⟳ not imply a negative innuendo. He is not an epigone but an author who masters, with great capability, the literary tradition of many European nations […]”

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