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- Dictionaryaffection/əˈfɛkʃn/
noun
- 1. a gentle feeling of fondness or liking: "she felt affection for the wise old lady"
- 2. the action or process of affecting or being affected. archaic
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Affection or fondness is a "disposition or state of mind or body" commonly linked to a feeling or type of love. It has led to multiple branches in philosophy and psychology that discuss emotion, disease, influence, and state of being. [2]
: a feeling of liking and caring for someone or something : tender attachment : fondness. She had a deep affection for her parents. 2. : a moderate feeling or emotion. 3. a (1) : a bodily condition. (2) : disease, malady. a pulmonary affection. b. : attribute. shape and weight are affections of bodies. 4. obsolete : partiality, prejudice. 5.
AFFECTION definition: 1. a feeling of liking for a person or place: 2. feelings of liking or love: 3. to succeed in…. Learn more.
Affection is the positive feeling you may have or express for other people or things. Your grandma may show her affection for you by pinching your cheek, and you may show your affection for your dog by rubbing her belly.
If you regard someone or something with affection, you like them and are fond of them. She thought of him with affection. She had developed quite an affection for the place.
a feeling of liking for a person or place: She felt no affection for the child. He had a deep affection for his aunt. Synonyms. fondness. tenderness(GENTLE) warmth(FEELING) affections [ plural ] feelings of liking or love: The former president still holds a place in the nation's affections. See more. win someone's affections.
Affection definition: fond attachment, devotion, or love. See examples of AFFECTION used in a sentence.
1. A tender feeling toward another; fondness. 2. often affections Feeling or emotion: an unbalanced state of affections. 3. A disposition to feel, do, or say; a propensity. 4. Obsolete Prejudice; partiality.
noun. /əˈfekʃn/ [uncountable, singular] the feeling of liking or loving somebody/something very much and caring about them. Children need lots of love and affection. He didn't show his wife any affection. She was held in deep affection by all her students. affection for somebody/something Mr Darcy’s affection for his sister.
A mental or emotional state or tendency; disposition or feeling. Webster's New World. Feeling or emotion. An unbalanced state of affections. American Heritage. Fond or tender feeling; warm liking. Webster's New World. A disposition to feel, do, or say; a propensity. American Heritage. More Noun Definitions (10) Synonyms: likes. philia. warmness.
