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Keywords: pretense, ostentatious, exaggerated, attempt, deliberate

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.

a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

Keywords: fondness

Fondness; affection.

Keywords: striving

A striving after.

Keywords: impress, oneself, behavior, natural, designed

behavior not natural to oneself designed to impress others