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affection

noun
/əˈfɛk.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English affection, affeccion, affeccioun, from Old French affection, from Latin affectiōnem, from affectiō; equivalent to affect + -ion.

  1. derived from affectiōnem
  2. derived from affection
  3. inherited from affection

Definitions

  1. The act of affecting or acting upon.

  2. The state of being affected, especially

    The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.

  3. An attribute

    An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. An emotion

      An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.

      • Our affections for wild animals are distributed very unevenly. Take insects.

    2. A feeling of love or strong attachment

      A feeling of love or strong attachment; a feeling of enjoyable and comforting fondness.

      • I have a lot of affection for my little sister.
      • The marriage therapist suggested they show each other more affection.
      • Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.

    3. A disease

      A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.

      • a pulmonary affection
      • The recedent or retrograde form is marked by a sudden subsidence of the inflammatory state of the joints, succeeded immediately by an affection of some internal part, where is thenceforth the seat of the morbid manifestations.
      • A heavy clay soil is bad for all neuralgics, and the house should be dry, and on a sandy or gravel soil. The desideratum for all neuralgic affections is perpetual summer […]

    4. To feel affection for.

      • Why, truth is truth, I do not think my lady Isabella ever much affectioned my young lord, your son: yet he was a sweet youth as one should see.

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Derived

affectional, affectionate, affectionated, affectionately, affectionateness, affectioned, affectionless, affectious, alienation of affection, misaffection, nonaffection, public display of affection, unaffection

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at affection. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01affection02thought03mental04disorder05civic06rights07right08heart09love

A definitional loop anchored at affection. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at affection

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA