Definition of Affections

1. Noun. (plural of affection) ¹

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Definition of Affections

1. affection [n] - See also: affection

Lexicographical Neighbors of Affections

affectibility
affectible
affecting
affectingly
affection
affectional
affectionally
affectionate
affectionated
affectionately
affectionateness
affectionates
affectionating
affectioned
affectionless
affections (current term)
affective
affective disorder
affective disorders
affective personality disorder
affective psychosis
affective symptoms
affective tone
affectively
affectivities
affectivity
affectless
affectlessness
affectomotor
affects

Literary usage of Affections

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1913)
"UNIVERSITY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA The material for this paper is taken from the records of 109 cases of nervous affections seen within the last two ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1862)
"In this country, quite as much as in Great Britain, cutaneous affections are, ... A. Cutaneous affections due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"The duration of these affections. 4. The eventual result, whether cured, ... What is the influence of sex and age in the causation of these affections ? 4. ..."

4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1868)
"A public man, a commercial man as we well know, yet his heart is in his home, and his joy in his affections : the presence of this immense assembly here ..."

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