affectedness - the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)

posture,attitude,position - the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

affectation,affectedness,mannerism

pretending,pretense,feigning,simulation,pretence - the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"

attitude - a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"

radical chic - an affectation of radical left-wing views and the fashionable dress and lifestyle that goes with them

constitute,make up,comprise,be,represent - form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"

posture,model,sit

artistic creation,artistic production,art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"

display,exhibit,expose - to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"

ramp - be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction"

personate,impersonate

masquerade - pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as an expert on the internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"

deceive,lead astray,betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

deport,comport,acquit,behave,conduct,bear,carry - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

attitudinise,attitudinize - assume certain affected attitudes

lay,place,put,set,position

put in,stick in,inclose,insert,introduce,enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here"

docket - place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried"

postpose - place after another constituent in the sentence; "Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them"

prepose - place before another constituent in the sentence; "English preposes the adpositions; Japanese postposes them"

step - place (a ship's mast) in its step

put back,replace - put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"

stratify - form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses"

plant - place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment"

intersperse - place at intervals in or among; "intersperse exclamation marks in the text"

snuggle,nestle - position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"

pile - place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"

arrange,set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

superimpose,superpose,lay over - place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?"

superpose - place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide

park - place temporarily; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker"

ensconce,settle - fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair"

dispose - place or put in a particular order; "the dots are unevenly disposed"

emplace - put into place or position; "the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar"

emplace - provide a new emplacement for guns

ship - place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"

underlay - put (something) under or beneath; "They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper"

trench - set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"

pigeonhole - place into a small compartment

shelve - place on a shelf; "shelve books"

jar - place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam"

repose - to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"

sign - place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed"

middle - put in the middle

parallelize - place parallel to one another

recess - put into a recess; "recess lights"

reposition - place into another position

throw,thrust - place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"

tee,tee up - place on a tee; "tee golf balls"

rack up - place in a rack; "rack pool balls"

coffin - place into a coffin; "her body was coffined"

bed - put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"

appose - place side by side or in close proximity

place down,put down,set down - cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"

sow,seed - place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds"

misplace - place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position; "misplaced modifiers"

juxtapose - place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors"

set down - put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley"

bottle - put into bottles; "bottle the mineral water"

bucket - put into a bucket

barrel - put in barrels

ground - place or put on the ground

pillow,rest - rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head"

mislay,misplace,lose - place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"

upend - set, turn, or stand on end; "upend the box and empty the contents"

seat,sit down,sit - show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"

seat - place in or on a seat; "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair"

lay,put down,repose - put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

bewilder,dumbfound,flummox,baffle,mystify,nonplus,perplex,puzzle,stupefy,amaze,gravel,vex,stick,beat,get

stump,mix up - cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"

befuddle,confound,confuse,discombobulate,fox,bedevil,fuddle,throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"

elude,escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"