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52 entries under affectation topic. ×
| snobbery(noun, disdain, pride, conceit, pretense) | |
| ambition(noun, drive, determination, success, motivation) | |
| aspiration(noun, drive, love, passion, desire) | |
| make-believe(noun, cover, fake, trick, counterfeit) | |
| ambitiousness(noun, pretense, assertion, pretentiousness) | |
| assumption(noun, disdain, conceit, pretense, arrogance) | |
| egotism(noun, scorn, disdain, nerve, pride) | |
| maintenance(noun, pretense, assertion, pretentiousness) | |
| pageant(noun, act, cover, show, display) | |
| false front(noun, expression, cover, show, counterfeit) | |
| pedantry(noun, act, show, display, exhibit) | |
| vainglory(noun, show, flash, disdain, pride) | |
| fake(noun, show, trick, informal, sham) | |
| posing(noun, pretense, pretentiousness, self-importance) | |
| profession(noun, interest, case, call, property) | |
| smugness(noun, scorn, disdain, nerve, pride) | |
| snobbishness(noun, scorn, pretense, arrogance) | |
| splash(noun, act, show, informal, display) | |
| altiloquence | |
| charlatanism |
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