affect
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9.5
- noun
- /ˈæfɛkt/
- Specialized
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afecto
- The psychologist noted the patient's affect during the session was flat, indicating a lack of emotional expression.
- negative affect
- positive affect
- exercise affect
So why would philosophy begin with that sort of affect rather than wonder?
- So why would philosophy begin with that sort of affect rather than wonder?
- So anger is an affect, it is aroused in us.
- He also counsels a, you might say, control over ones affects in relation to ones opponents.
- And I thought that stupid thing needs to see my affect.
- So narrative is thus a circuit linking worlds and identities, action and affect around the act of exploration.
- This is the navel where project meets affect.
- Smiling appears to be in part a signal of underlying positive affect.
- That mood becomes a habitual pattern which establishes our overall affect, our attitude, and ultimately our personality.
- And conversely, when days are shorter, significantly more people report feeling lower mood and affect.
Examples
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That mood becomes a habitual pattern which establishes our overall affect, our attitude, and ultimately our personality.
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The expression of depressive affect might serve to elicit aid from members of one's group.
Academic text (1999) -
Her affect, her voice, her body language projects exactly the opposite.
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What affect do you think this will have on your political career, Senator?
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So positive affect in thinking is a little like reward.
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But what I can tell you is that in the work that we do, affect and emotion are very important.
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Teachers who expressed more negative affect during the interview displayed more instances of negative affect toward the children.
Academic text (2008) -
One of the purposes of the present study was to identify the relationships between affect and self-presentation.
Academic text (1992) -
There was some evidence of an interaction between positive affect and role ambiguity in predicting the category of response.
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Social stereotypes tied to race, class, religion, physical characteristics, and gender affect participation in leisure activities.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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1.0
An emotion or reaction you notice inside yourself
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1.6
A strong feeling such as love or anger
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3.1
A person's mood or energy, often lively and positive
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2.1
The general feeling of a person, group, or place at a time
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3.6
A person's feelings at a certain time
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1.1
A person's emotions and sense of being hurt or offended by others' behaviour
A feeling or emotion discussed in books about people and ideas
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Affect as a noun comes from Latin affectus 'feeling' and is the same root as affection, so in psychology affect is the emotion or feeling a person shows.