An acid-base indicator which is colorless in acid solution, but turns pink to red as the solution becomes alkaline. It is used medicinally as a cathartic.
Affectation
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An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or
real; false display; artificial show.
Affectation meaning & definition 1 of Affectation.
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Something you do to make yourself seem [cool]er than you are. A lot of the time you dont really realize youre doing it, but all of the time you look a fool to everyone watching, assuming theyve grown up more than you have.
Almost everyone has some affectations, but people with a lot of them stick out like sore thumbs and they dont even know it. See [try-hard].
People in high school and college (especially) tend to have a lot of affectations because they are stupid. Or because they dont have the life experience to know that they are being stupid. Oftentimes both.Affectation meaning & definition 2 of Affectation.
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behaviour or speech that is not sincere:
Affectation meaning & definition 3 of Affectation.
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