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Definition: Affectation |
AffectationNoun1. A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "affectation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Affectation \Af`fec*ta"tion\, noun. [Latin expression affectatio: compare to the French expression affectation.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| AFD | French | Affectation la demande | Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AffectationSynonyms: mannerism (n), pose (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affectation | Noun: affectation; affectedness; Adjective: acting a part; Verb: pretense; (falsehood), (ostentation); boasting. |
Affector, performer, actor; pedant, pedagogue, doctrinaire, purist, euphuist, mannerist; grimacier; lump of affectation, precieuse ridicule, bas bleu, blue stocking, poetaster; prig; charlatan; (deceiver); petit maitre; (fop); flatterer; coquette, prude, puritan. | |
Adjective: affected, full of affectation, pretentious, pedantic, stilted, stagy, theatrical, big-sounding, ad captandum; canting, insincere. | |
Simplicity | Unaffected; ingenuous, sincere (artless); free from affectation, free from ornament; simplex munditiis; sans facon, en deshabille. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Affectation |
| English words defined with "affectation": Affectationist ♦ Cantatory, coyness ♦ demureness ♦ Foppery ♦ Histrionism ♦ Inaffectation ♦ modest ♦ Newfangledness, nonliterary ♦ Pedantical, Prettyism, Puppyism ♦ Religionism, Rhapsodist ♦ simplicity, Sophomorical ♦ unliterary, unpretentious. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "affectation": Foreign Words, Fuga ad Salices ♦ Kenno. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "affectation": Affectationist ♦ Prettyism. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Affectation" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (affectation, affectedness, allocation, allotment, appointement, appropriation, assignation, assignment, assumption, pose, posting), French Canadian (assignment). |
| Author | Quotation |
Lavater | All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich. |
| Affectation lights a candle to our defects, and though it may gratify ourselves, it disgusts all others. | |
Lord Chesterfield | Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. |
St. Evremond | Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than the small-pox. |
Swift | The affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | He praised her for being without art or affectation, for having simple, honest, generous, feelings. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This man appeared to avoid them rather than seek them, but without affectation. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Affectation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Affectation" is used about 71 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 71 | 39,674 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
affectation | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "affectation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtirje (artificiality, camp, dissimulation, humbug, pretence, pretense, pretension, sham), pretendim i shtirë, paraqitje e jashtme (look). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تكلف (affect, artificiality, attitudinize, constrain, mannerism, mummery, pose, preciosity), تصنع (attitudinize, industrialize, make up, mannerism, mummery, pose, pretend, prim), تظاهر ب, التكلف (sophistication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | склонност (addiction, aptitude, bent, bias, disposition, fancy, fondness, habit, inclination, leaning, liability, liking, partiality, penchant, ply, predilection, predispose, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, relish, squint, stomach, taste, tendency, turn, vein), маниерничене, преструвка (dissimulation, feint, pose, pretence, pretense, pretension, sham, simulacrum), преструване (disguise, dissemblance, make believe, pretence, pretension, sham, show, simulation), превземка (grimace, put on), превземане (taking), предпочитание (partiality, predilection, preference), изкуственост. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 做作. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyumìlkovanost, strojenost (refinement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | affect (affect, affection), aanstellerý (pose), onnatuurlýkheid, maniertje (pose), gemaaktheid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | afekto, afektado. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | teeskentely (make-believe, pretence), teennäisyys, sievistely (embellishment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | affectation (affectedness), minauderie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | skytmirakels, mirakels, babbelegûchjes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Affektiertheit (affectedness, artificialness, preciosity), Ziererei (affectedness, coyness, finicalness, foppery, pretended hesitance), Vorliebe (bias, fondness, gusto, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, preference, proclivity, special liking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιτήδευση (finicalness, mannerism, priggery, priggishness, primness, prissiness, sophistication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "עמ"ת פ ים (feigning, make believe, pose, pretence, simulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szenvelgés (cant), színlelés (assumption, counterfeit, disingenuousness, dissimulation, feint, make-believe, pose, pretence, pretense, simulation), modorosság (frills, mannerism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | keanggunan (elegance, haughtiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | affettazione (foppery, mannerism), posa (attitude, exposure, insolation, laying, placing, pose, position, posture, reclines, setting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 虚飾 (ostentation, show), 臭み (bad smell, fulsomeness), 飾り気 (showing off), '気 (ostentation, vanity), 矯飾 (pretense), 気 (desire to be impressive), 気障 (conceit, snobbery), 気取り (pretension), 気どり (pretension), 付け焼き刃 (pretension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くさみ (bad smell, fulsomeness), きどり (pretension), きょしょく (ostentation, refusing food, show), きょうしょく (pretense, teaching certificate, the teaching profession), しょうき (business opportunity, consciousness, desire to be impressive, god to ward off illness and misfortune, laughing gas, marsh gas, methane, minute description, nitrous oxide, person of small capacities, sanity, small container, soberness, true character, true heart, true spirit), きざ (conceit, scratch, sitting up in bed, sitting up straight, snobbery), つけやきば (pretension), かざりけ (showing off), '"き (courage, energy, health, ostentation, pep, robust, spirit, stamina, standard, vanity, vigor, vim, vitality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhiggey er (affectedness, counterfeit, dissimulate, dissimulation, feign, feigning, feint, make-believe, pose, pretence, pretend, profess, sham, simulate, simulation), foalsid (deceitfulness, falseness, fictitiousness, perfidiousness), cur er (affectedness, apply, ascribe, compel, devolve, don, impose, imposition, induce, inflict, lead, oblige, on occasion, persuade, turn on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | affectationay aplicação (adhibition, appliance, application, applique, effort, employment, enforse, industry, sedulity, use), afetação (affectedness, airs, assumption, courtliness, coxcombry, frill, mannerist, namby-pamby, pomposity, preciosity, pretence, pretense, pretension, primness), afectação (assignment, finicalness, periodic block, pose, route assignment), acçãodefingir, acçãodeafectar, simulação (agreed simulation, bluff, collusion, disguise, feigning, feint, get a leg in, hold, make believe, malingering, pretend, pretension, putting forward something as genuine, simulacrum, simulation, supposition), fingimento (cant, disguise, disgust, make believe, mockery, pose, pretence, pretense, simulation), emprego (appointment, berth, billet, employ, employment, exertion, function, job, niche, occupation, place, post, service, situation, usage, use, using, work), bugiganga (bauble, brummagem, grimace, grimalkin, pretty, toy, trifle, trinket). (various references) afectare (affecting, archness, demureness, dissimulation, fastidiousness, feint, foppery, foppishness, hypercriticism, mannerism, pose, preciosity, primness, sham), simulare (assumption, feint, make believe, simulation), preţiozitate (affectedness, conceit, flatulence, flatulency), fandosealã (bumptiousness, ceremony, finicalness, flirtation, fuss, haughtiness, jazz, to-do), cochetãrie (archness, coquetry, coyness, demureness, elegance, smartness, spruceness, tidiness). (various references) жеманство (namby-pamby, primness), притворство (affectations, airs, assumption, dissemblance, dissimulation, false pretences, feint, hypocrisy, make believe, make-believe, sham, simulation). (various references) pretvaranje (conversion, converting, guise, pretence, pretense, simulation, transformation), prenemaganje (whine), izveštačenost (artificiality, mannerism, primness, theatricality). (various references) afectación (artificiality, binding, gush, put on, refinement). (various references) tillgjordhet (gentility, gentillity). (various references) yapmacık tavır (histrionics, pose, veneering), taklit (bastard, bogus, counterfeit, echo, fake, false, gold brick, hit off, imitated, imitation, imitative, impression, mimesis, mimic, mimicry, mock, mockery, pinchbeck, repetition, reproduction, sham, simulacrum, simulated, simulation, snide, take off), numara (act, no, number, pretence, pretense, size, stunt, trick), naz (coquetry, coquettish, coyness), gösteriş (array, blazon, blazonry, dash, display, flashiness, flourish, frill, furbelows, gaiety, glitter, glossiness, ostentation, panache, parade, pomposity, pretension, pride, put on, shew, show, show off, showiness, showing off, splendidness, splurge, swank, vanity, veneer, veneering), eda (air, expression, face, manner, mien). (various references) удавання (acting, affectedness, assumption, comedy, dissimulation, feint, hypocrisy, make believe, pose, pretension, sham, simulation), штучність (artificiality), манірність (affectedness, buckram, mannerism, namby-pamby, nicety, offishness, primness), афектація, прагнення (ambition, anxiety, appetency, appetition, aspiration, aspiring, craving, desire, gravitation, hanker, hunger, libido, need, nisus, objective), прихильність (acceptance, adherence, affection, benevolence, bias, committal, devotion, endearment, favour, good-liking, goodwill, grace, kindness, liking, sympathy). (various references) sự m u mè (apishness, lug), sự không tự nhiên sự giả vờ, sự giả bô, sự điệu bộ (snobbery, snobbishness). (various references) rhodres (ostentation), mursendod (prudery), maldod (dalliance), ffug (bogus, false, fiction, fictitious, sham), cymhendod (eloquence, knowledge, proficiency, tidiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | molestia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "affectation": affectations. (additional references) | |
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"Affectation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: affactation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "affectation" (pronounced a'fektā"shun) |
| 7 | -e k t ā" sh u n | expectation. |
| 6 | -k t ā" sh u n | dictation, lactation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | accreditation, adaptation, agitation, amputation, annotation, argumentation, augmentation, cetacean, citation, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, confrontation, connotation, consultation, crustacean, decapitation, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dilatation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, equitation, excitation, exhortation, experimentation, exploitation, facilitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, implantation, implementation, importation, imputation, incantation, incapacitation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, inhabitation, instrumentation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, limitation, manifestation, meditation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, palpitation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, precipitation, premeditation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, recitation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, representation, reputation, resuscitation, rotation, sanitation, sedimentation, segmentation, solicitation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-f-f-i-n-o-t-t" | |
-2 letters: affection. | |
-3 letters: affiance, confetti, fetation, taconite. | |
-4 letters: aconite, affiant, antifat, caffein, faction, fanatic, nictate, taction, taffeta, tetanic, tonetic. | |
-5 letters: acetin, action, aeonic, affect, affine, anatto, atonic, attain, caftan, catena, cation, cattie, centai, coffin, coiffe, confit, cottae, enatic, fatten, fiance, infect, intact, noetic, notate, notice, octane, octant, office, taenia, taffia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-f-f-i-n-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: affectations, affectionate. | |
+3 letters: affectionately, unaffectionate. | |
+5 letters: unaffectionately. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 66 66 65 63 74 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ..-. ..-. . -.-. - .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100110 01100110 01100101 01100011 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A f f e c t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0066 0066 0065 0063 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3572727169866786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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