衒げん気き

noun

affectation; ostentation; vanity

A somewhat literary or formal word for showing off one's knowledge, talent, or refinement in a pretentious way. Often used in the phrase 衒気がない (unpretentious).

• 彼かれの話はなし方かたには衒げん気きが感かんじられない。

  There is no affectation in the way he speaks.

• その作さっ家かの文ぶん章しょうは衒げん気きが強つよすぎて読よみにくい。

  That author's writing is too ostentatious and hard to read.