affectation

While Ross’ style undeniably calls attention to itself, the director is prescient enough to know that some will see his untraditional mode as a mere affectation.

Cahoon’s approach to the role is so full of zany affectations and mannerisms that it’s hard to feel on intimate terms with Albin.

Vocal fry is a normal vocal affectation — used by both men and women — where you drop your voice for emphasis.

Saying they will write in someone else's name, as former Vice President Mike Pence and former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton, are saying they will do is a silly affectation.

In Vance, Republicans have a potential vice president who projects a hostile affectation of purported Middle American family values.