Word Meanings - SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The quality or state of being self-conscious.

AFFECTATIONIST
One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall.
MANNERISM
Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
AFFECTATION
1. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. "An affectation of contempt." Macaulay. Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty
SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
The quality or state of being self-conscious.
SELF-REPETITION
Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.
EUPHUISM
An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
INAFFECTATION
Freedom from affectation; naturalness.