These were the kind of comic parts where Cibber's affectation and mannerism were desirable. Her piety was sincere and without affectation. Cicero satirizes costly luxury and affectation of connoisseurship in collecting works of art. The "von" was an affectation; Franz Anton von Weber was not actually an aristocrat. That affectation of the accent is sometimes derisively referred to as "Mockney". There is at least some evidence that Poe's cultured accent is an affectation. Wearing white tie accessories in this manner is considered by many to be an affectation. Whether this is his true appearance, or just a magical affectation, is unknown. The persecution was undertaken because Pol Pot believed that Buddhism was "a decadent affectation". Sam Lansky of Idolator called it a "terrible Nancy Sinatra affectation". In Christian Europe the use of the title emperor was more than an affectation. Many consider this an affectation with the past.