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noun
1.
fond attachment, devotion, or love: the affection of a parent for an only child.
2.
Often, affections.
a.
emotion; feeling; sentiment: over and above our reason and affections.
b.
the emotional realm of love: a place in his affections.
3.
Pathology. a disease, or the condition of being diseased; abnormal state of body or mind: a gouty affection.
4.
the act of affecting; act of influencing or acting upon.
5.
EXPANDthe state of being affected.
6.
Philosophy. a contingent, alterable, and accidental state or quality of being.
7.
the affective aspect of a mental process.
8.
bent or disposition of mind.
9.
COLLAPSEObsolete. bias; prejudice.
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Example Sentences
- Love is not a science, it is a feeling of affection.
- Cats yawn to show affection.
- He remained the object of Elizabeth's affection all the same.
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World English Dictionary
| affection (əˈfɛkʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a feeling of fondness or tenderness for a person or thing; attachment |
| 2. | (often plural) emotion, feeling, or sentiment: to play on a person's affections |
| 3. | pathol any disease or pathological condition |
| 4. | psychol See also affect any form of mental functioning that involves emotion |
| 5. | the act of affecting or the state of being affected |
| 6. | archaic inclination or disposition |
| [C13: from Latin affectiōn- disposition, from afficere to | |
| af'fectional | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
affection
early 13c., "an emotion of the mind, passion, lust as opposed to reason," from O.Fr. affection, from L. affectionem (nom. affectio) "inclination, influence, permanent state of feeling," from affec-, pp. stem of afficere "to do something to, act on" (see affect (n.)). Sense
EXPANDdeveloped from "disposition" to "good disposition toward" (late 14c.).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
affection af·fec·tion (ə-fěk'shən)
n.
A tender feeling toward another; fondness.
A bodily condition; disease.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Affection definition
feeling or emotion. Mention is made of "vile affections" (Rom. 1:26) and "inordinate affection" (Col. 3:5). Christians are exhorted to set their affections on things above (Col. 3:2). There is a distinction between natural and spiritual or gracious affections (Ezek. 33:32).
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