English

Adjective

affectatious ‎(comparative more affectatious, superlative most affectatious)

1. Pretentious, artificial, fake, sham, feigned; doing something just for show.

   • 2004, “Chapter Two”, in The Hidden Handshake: National Identity and Europe in the Post-Communist World (Political Science), Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 9780742517806, page 54:

     At the same time, American intellectual and artistic elites, … help create a sophisticated, if sometimes affectatious urban mentality.