Affection (IPA: /əˈfɛkʃən/)
| Affection (n.) |
The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected. |
| Affection (n.) |
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies. |
| Affection (n.) |
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. |
| Affection (n.) |
A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children. |
| Affection (n.) |
Prejudice; bias. |
| Affection (n.) |
Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. |
| Affection (n.) |
The lively representation of any emotion. |
| Affection (n.) |
Affectation. |
| Affection (n.) |
Passion; violent emotion. |
| Affection |
Feeling or type of love |
| Affection |
Anticipatory metaphony in Celtic languages: e.g. Welsh gair → geiriadur |
| Affection |
Album |
| Affection |
1972 film by Ludmil Staikov |
| Affection |
Album by Kumi Kōda |
| Affection Synonyms |
Fondness, Philia, Affectionateness, Warmness, Warmheartedness, Heart, Tenderness |
| Translations |
Affection in Spanish |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection." - Affection |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A world without delight and without affection is a world destitute of value." - Bertrand Russell |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Affection exaggerates its own offences." - Affection |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Affection is a coal that must be cool'd; Else, suffer'd, it will set the heart on fire." - Affection |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " All our most sacred affections are merely prosaic habit." - Affection |
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