Case insensitivity
Greg Ewing
greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Thu Jul 19 23:21:06 EDT 2001
Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
> I apologize for my poor English -- I don't know what you mean by "an
> affection" or "an affect".
I think he meant "affectation", about which
www.wordsmyth.net has this to say:
Pronunciation ae fihk te shEn
Definition 1. falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior;
pretense.
Synonyms pretense (3) , artificiality {artificial (3)} ,
affectedness
{affected (2)} , pretentiousness {pretentious (1)}
Crossref. Syn. show , mannerism , air
Similar Words sham , show , unnaturalness {unnatural} , posturing
{posture (vi)}
Definition 2. a specific instance of such pretense.
Synonyms mannerism (2) , airs (5) , pose1 (2) , show (4)
Crossref. Syn. act
Similar Words imposture
Related Words camp , pomp , cant , pretense , claptrap
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Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand
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