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▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
▸ noun: An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
▸ noun: A feeling of love or strong attachment.
▸ noun: (medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
▸ verb: (now rare) To feel affection for.
Similar:
fondness,
affectionateness,
tenderness,
heart,
warmheartedness,
adoration,
admiration,
affectionate,
devotion,
appreciation,
more...
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