affectation
af·fec·ta·tion
noun
1.
the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness
- “your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity”
Origin
From Middle French affectation and its etymon Latin affectātiōnem, from affectō (“to feign”).
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