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   affliction

   /əˈflɪkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a cause of pain or harm: "a crippling affliction of the nervous system" Similar disorderdiseasemaladycomplaintailmentillnessindispositionscourgeplaguetroublemenaceevilvisitation
   • ▪ the state of being in pain: "poor people in great affliction" Similar sufferingdistresspaintroublemiserywretchednesshardshipmisfortuneadversitysorrowtormenttribulationwoecross to bearthorn in one's flesh/sidebanetrialcalamityordealills
   • ▪ an instance of one celestial body afflicting another.

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘infliction of pain or humiliation’, specifically ‘religious self-mortification’): via Old French from Latin afflictio(n-), from the verb affligere (see afflict).

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   What does affliction mean?

   • In the first, individuals view their illness as temporary, a bounded time of bodily impairment or affliction. To be tormented without a clear definition of the self is a distinctly modern affliction. In this instance the affliction is far from clear. This is an affliction with many, but by no means all, thick academic paperbacks.

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   What is the cause of our affliction?

   • The cause of our affliction is the church of clerks which the archbishop intends. The sufferings of others the poet thus narrated with the same intensity as he lamented the afflictions of his heart. Traditionally, we have regarded obesity as an affliction of middle life, with the extremes of life relatively spared.

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   What is an example of an affliction?

   • The word affliction is commonly used to describe diseases or disorders, especially ones that are very painful or that greatly interfere with a person’s life. Blindness and diabetes are sometimes described as afflictions, for example. Affliction often implies an emotional impact in addition to the more direct pain or grief.

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   Where did affliction come from?

   • The first records of affliction come from around 1300. It ultimately comes from the Latin afflīctiōn-. It combines the verb afflict, meaning “to distress or trouble greatly,” and the suffix -ion, which forms nouns from verbs. An affliction is when a person has been afflicted by something bad.

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   Affliction is a noun that means something that makes you suffer, such as a disease, a hardship, or a problem. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and see translations in other languages.

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   Affliction is a noun that means a cause of persistent pain or distress, great suffering, or the state of being afflicted by something that causes suffering. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for affliction.

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   An affliction makes you suffer, but you have to deal with it anyway. Diseases are often said to be afflictions, but the word can mean just about anything that causes great suffering.

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    Afflict means to make someone or something suffer physically or mentally. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see synonyms and related words, and hear the pronunciation.