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Is there an idiom for fake affection?
Sometimes, people pretend to care about someone else just to go along with the flow.
I can think of two-faced, but two-faced is being the opposite and doesn't imply someone is faking it without saying bad things behind someone's back. Is there a more neutral expression for this?
Wearing a mask is kinda similar, but not exactly what I am looking for, because it doesn't imply affection.
The appropriate word depends on who is doing it, and why.
If they are doing it in order to get something, you can call it cupboard love. Normally this is used about animals and children who are being super nice because they want food, but it can be used for other things.
Somebody in the acting profession who displays false emotions can be called a luvvie.
The term affected can be used to describe any behaviour: it means
If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
