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Affection Definition

affection

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Wikipedia has an article on: Affection

Etymology

From French affection, from Latin affectionem, from affectio; see affect.

Pronunciation

Noun

affection (plural affections)

  1. The act of affecting or acting upon.
  2. The state of being affected.
  3. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc., are affections of bodies.
  4. Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
  5. Kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; settled good will.
    Usage note: often in the plural; formerly followed by "to", but now more generally by "for" or "toward(s)"; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children
  6. (medicine) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. --Dunglison.

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Verb

affection (third-person singular simple present affections, present participle affectioned, simple past and past participle affectioning)

  1. to feel an affection, emotion or love for.

Translations

Note
Note: The verb affect has so many meanings that giving translations for the act of affecting and the state of being affected often makes no sense as a dozen different verbs may be required to cover affect in another language.

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Noun

affection f. (plural affections)

  1. affection, love
  2. medical condition, complaint, disease

 

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Affection or fondness is a "disposition or rare state of mind or body" that is often associated with a feeling or type of love. It has given rise to a number of branches of philosophy and psychology concerning: emotion (popularly: love, devotion etc.); disease; influence; state of being (philosophy); and state of mind (psychology). "Affection" is popularly used to denote a feeling or type of love, amounting to more than goodwill or friendship. Writers on ethics generally use the word to refer to distinct states of feeling, both lasting and spasmodic. Some contrast it with passion as being free from the distinctively sensual element.
from: Wikipedia: affection,
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