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aftereffect en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɑːftəɹ.ɪˌfɛkt/ (UK)
• /ˈæftəɹ.əˌfɛkt/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin effectuslbor. Old French effectbor. Middle English effect English effect English aftereffect From after- + effect.

Meanings

1. Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested.
   • Since the Holocaust, fantasies of Jewish power are no longer Salonfähig, no longer openly expressible in “polite” society—at least in Western Europe and North America—even if continuities also persist in antisemitic thinking as do traumatic aftereffects for Jews around the world. 2017, Nadia Valman, Laurence Roth, The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Jewish Cultures, Routledge, →ISBN, page 130:
   • And then Rook snapped out of it and noticed (in this strange state he was in—an aftereffect of the soma?) as clear as day everything—almost as if a sixth sense had become acute and he was fully aware of his eminent and imminent death and he saw everything crystal clearly and noticed that Anatoli, usually calm as a cucumber on the set, was now sweating and not calm and perhaps claustrophobic? 2009, Kevin Glavin, “The Kali Club”, in Rock Star’s Rainbow, Irvine, Calif.: Kevin Glavin Publishing, →ISBN, pages 311–312:

Forms

Relateds

side effect · sequelae · afterglow · consequences · adverse effect · afterlight

Translations (28)

ja 後遺症 (delayed effect) · fi jälkivaikutus (delayed effect) · pt sequela (delayed effect) · cmn 後果 /后果 (delayed effect) · cmn 後效 /后效 (delayed effect) · ca efecte (delayed effect) · da eftervirkning (delayed effect) · ja 余波 (delayed effect) · pt pós-efeito (delayed effect) · pt efeito posterior (delayed effect) · it effetto secondario (delayed effect) · pl następstwo n reperkusja (delayed effect) · bg последствие (delayed effect) · de Nachwirkung (delayed effect) · es efecto (delayed effect) · bg последица (delayed effect) · fr effet retardé (delayed effect) · cmn 影響 /影响 (delayed effect) · pl efekt (delayed effect) · cmn 餘波 /余波 (delayed effect) · it conseguenza (delayed effect) · it strascico (delayed effect) · ko 후유증 (delayed effect) · ml അനന്തരഫലം (delayed effect) · es consecuencia (delayed effect) · pl konsekwencja (delayed effect) · es secuela (delayed effect) · nb ettervirkning (delayed effect)