affection en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /əˈfɛk.ʃən/
- /əˈfɛk.t͡ʃən/
Etymology
From Middle English affection, affeccion, affeccioun, from Old French affection, from Latin affectiōnem, from affectiō; equivalent to affect + -ion.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The act of affecting or acting upon.
- (countable, uncountable) The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
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(countable, uncountable) An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
A Porism is a proposition in which it is proposed to demonstrate that some one thing, or more things than one, are given, to which, as also to each of innumerable other things, not given indeed, but which have the same relation to those which are given, it is to be shewn that there belongs some common affection described in the proposition.
1756, Robert Simson, Euclid's Elements:
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(countable, uncountable) An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
Our affections for wild animals are distributed very unevenly. Take insects.
2013 August 23, Mark Cocker, “Wings of Desire”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 11, page 26:It is known that each individual has a variety of affections, one affection when in joy, another when in grief, another when in sympathy and compassion, another when in sincerity and truth, another when in love and charity, another when in zeal or in anger, another when in simulation and deceit, another when in quest of honor and glory, and so on.
1905, Emanuel Swedenborg, chapter 27, in John C. Ager, transl., Heaven and Hell:
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(countable, uncountable) A feeling of love or strong attachment; a feeling of enjoyable and comforting fondness.
Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.
1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 61, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:Dated a girl that I hate, for the attention / She only made it two days, what a connection / It's like you'd do anything, for my affection / You're going all about it in the worst ways
2021 August 13, Gayle, Sara Davis, David Pittenger, “abcdefu”, in A Study of the Human Experience Volume One, performed by Gayle:The marriage therapist suggested they show each other more affection.
I have a lot of affection for my little sister.
"Did you ever like me back, Ryan? All those years, I didn't know how to show my affection for you, so I wasn't sure if you weren't getting it or you just didn't care. But I need to know which it was."
2016 March 8, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 806 - Terrible Excuse:What is more, they are protected from even such discomfort as the dislike of his prisoners may cause to a gaoler by the hypnotism of the convention that the natural relation between husband and wife and parent and child is one of intense affection, and that to feel any other sentiment towards a member of one's family is to be a monster.
1908, George Bernard Shaw, Getting Married: Spurious "Natural" Affection:
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
a pulmonary affection
1834, Samuel George Morton, Illustrations of Pulmonary Consumption:A heavy clay soil is bad for all neuralgics, and the house should be dry, and on a sandy or gravel soil. The desideratum for all neuralgic affections is perpetual summer […]
1907, The Medical Brief, volume 35, page 840:The recedent or retrograde form is marked by a sudden subsidence of the inflammatory state of the joints, succeeded immediately by an affection of some internal part, where is thenceforth the seat of the morbid manifestations.
1851, Russell Thacher Trall, The Hydropathic Encyclopedia, page 123:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| affections | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
affectional · affectionated · affectioned · affectionless · alienation of affection · affectionate · misaffection · affectious · public display of affection · nonaffection · affectionateness · unaffection · affectionately
Relateds
affective · affectation · aficionado · affecter · affect
Synonyms
tenderness (kind feeling) · love (kind feeling) · passion (kind feeling) · kindness (kind feeling) · attachment (kind feeling) · fondness (kind feeling)
Translations (117)
cs emoce (any emotion) · tr meyil (feeling of love or strong attachment) · lv ietekmēšana (act of affecting) · gl cariño (feeling of love or strong attachment) · gl afecto (feeling of love or strong attachment) · eo korinklino (feeling of love or strong attachment) · fi mieltymys (feeling of love or strong attachment) · ga caithis (feeling of love or strong attachment) · ru любо́вь (feeling of love or strong attachment) · yi ליבשאַפֿט (feeling of love or strong attachment) · eu maitasun (feeling of love or strong attachment) · da følelse (any emotion) · hu kihatás (act of affecting) · tr eğilim (any emotion) · da påvirkning (act of affecting) · gd tlachd (state of being affected) · bho नेह (feeling of love or strong attachment) · lv mīlestība (any emotion) · fi vahingoittaminen (act of affecting) · pl afekt (feeling of love or strong attachment) · fi tauti ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom) · hu benyomás (act of affecting) · uk прихи́льність (feeling of love or strong attachment) · fi vahingoittuneisuus (state of being affected) · it affetto (any emotion) · gd tlachd (feeling of love or strong attachment) · ca afecte (act of affecting) · mi matihere (feeling of love or strong attachment) · el συγκίνηση (state of being affected) · eo simpatio (feeling of love or strong attachment) · fi vaiva ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom) · be прывя́занасць (feeling of love or strong attachment) · te మమత (feeling of love or strong attachment) · txb larauñe (feeling of love or strong attachment) · enm loverede (feeling of love or strong attachment) · lv pieķeršanās (any emotion) · hi स्नेह (feeling of love or strong attachment) · lv ietekme (act of affecting) · fi vaikuttaminen (act of affecting) · id afeksi (feeling of love or strong attachment) · be пяшчо́тнасць (feeling of love or strong attachment) · cs pocit (any emotion) · sdc affettu (any emotion) · lv pieķeršanās (feeling of love or strong attachment) · hu érzelem (any emotion) · hu érzület (any emotion) · be прыхі́льнасць (feeling of love or strong attachment) · pt afeição (feeling of love or strong attachment) · es afección (feeling of love or strong attachment) · pt afecção ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom) · fi ominaisuus (attribute, quality or property) · de Zuneigung (any emotion) · fi liikutus (state of being affected) · ms afeksi (feeling of love or strong attachment) · fi tunne (any emotion) · da påvirkning (state of being affected) · fi tuntemus (any emotion) · pt afeto (feeling of love or strong attachment) · tr eğilim (feeling of love or strong attachment) · fi kiintymys (feeling of love or strong attachment) · gd rùn (feeling of love or strong attachment) · el τρυφερότητα (feeling of love or strong attachment) · te అనురాగం (feeling of love or strong attachment) · lv ietekme (state of being affected) · ca afecció ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom) · mi konakona (feeling of love or strong attachment) · hu szeretet (feeling of love or strong attachment) · de Rührung (feeling of love or strong attachment) · bg обич (state of being affected) · el συγκίνηση (act of affecting) · mi āka (feeling of love or strong attachment) · cs afekt (any emotion) · fi mielenliikutus (any emotion) · sc ameddu (any emotion) · eo ŝato (feeling of love or strong attachment) · fi liikuttaminen (act of affecting) · pt afeição (any emotion) · fi affektio ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom) · gl afecto (act of affecting) · bg обич (feeling of love or strong attachment) · bg привързаност (state of being affected) · ja 愛情 (feeling of love or strong attachment) · it affetto (feeling of love or strong attachment) · el πάθηση ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom) · tr meyil (any emotion) · pt afetação (act of affecting) · el ασθένεια ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom) · tr duygulanmak (feeling of love or strong attachment) · pl afekt (state of being affected) · hi प्यार (any emotion) · sdn affettu (any emotion) · es afección (act of affecting) · ota محبت (feeling of love or strong attachment) · pl afekcja ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom) · da affekt (any emotion) · es cariño (feeling of love or strong attachment) · es apego (feeling of love or strong attachment) · ca afecte (feeling of love or strong attachment) · hu tulajdonság (attribute, quality or property) · es afecto (act of affecting) · ru привя́занность (feeling of love or strong attachment) · he חיבה (feeling of love or strong attachment) · tr duygusal yakınlık (feeling of love or strong attachment) · gd rùn (any emotion) · lv afekts ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom) · es afecto (feeling of love or strong attachment) · cmn 慈愛 /慈爱 (any emotion) · hi स्नेह (any emotion) · cmn 喜愛 /喜爱 (feeling of love or strong attachment) · el στοργή (feeling of love or strong attachment) · ja 愛情 (any emotion) · hu hatás (act of affecting) · de Zuneigung (feeling of love or strong attachment) · ht afeksyon (feeling of love or strong attachment) · hu vonzalom (feeling of love or strong attachment) · egy st-t:ib (feeling of love or strong attachment) · ru эмоция (any emotion)