affectional
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ʃə adjective
relating to or implying affection.
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affection (əˈfɛkʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Affectional
is always a great word to know.
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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The affectional basis of marriage presumably works to make the partners equals.
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