MEANING
A feeling of fondness, tenderness, or care for someone or something.
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Words that belong together
- deep affection
- show affection
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Their affection survived years of disagreement.
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- Base
- affection
Usage notes
Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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