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The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to be in human nature.
William Bartram

Meaning of "affections" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AFFECTIONS

affections  [əˈfɛkʃəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFFECTIONS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Affections is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AFFECTIONS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

affections

Affection

Affection, attraction, infatuation, or fondness is a "disposition or rare state of mind or body" that is often associated with a feeling or type of love. It has given rise to a number of branches of philosophy and psychology concerning emotion, disease, influence, and state of being. "Affection" is popularly used to denote a feeling or type of love, amounting to more than goodwill or friendship. Writers on ethics generally use the word to refer to distinct states of feeling, both lasting and spasmodic. Some contrast it with passion as being free from the distinctively sensual element.

Definition of affections in the English dictionary

The definition of affections in the dictionary is feelings of fondness, esteem.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFFECTIONS


conscience
ˈkɒnʃəns
consentience
kənˈsɛnʃəns
convolutions
ˌkɒnvəˈluːʃəns
deficience
dɪˈfɪʃəns
dissentience
dɪˈsɛnʃəns
impatience
ɪmˈpeɪʃəns
insufficience
ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃəns
Lutyens
ˈlʌtʃəns
patience
ˈpeɪʃəns
proficience
prəˈfɪʃəns
sentience
ˈsɛnʃəns
sufficience
səˈfɪʃəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFFECTIONS

affected
affectedly
affectedness
affecter
affecting
affectingly
affection
affectional
affectionally
affectionate
affectionately
affectionless
affective
affective disorder
affective psychosis
affectively
affectiveness
affectivity
affectless
affectlessness

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFFECTIONS

accommodations
alterations
combinations
communications
conditions
congratulations
connections
directions
foundations
frequently asked questions
go through the motions
instructions
limitations
millions
public relations
reflections
relations
representations
telecommunications
transactions
United Nations

Synonyms and antonyms of affections in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AFFECTIONS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «affections» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of affections

Translation of «affections» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFFECTIONS

Find out the translation of affections to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of affections from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «affections» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

感情
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

afectos
570 millions of speakers

English

affections
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्यार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المحبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

привязанности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afetos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভালোবাসা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

affections
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengertian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zuneigungen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

感情
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

애정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pengaruh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tình cảm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாசங்களை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sevgi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

affetti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uczucia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прихильності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

afectiuni
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγάπες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

liefde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

känslor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

følelser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of affections

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFECTIONS»

The term «affections» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.637 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFECTIONS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about affections

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10 QUOTES WITH «AFFECTIONS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word affections.
1
Archibald Alexander
Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.
2
William Bartram
The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to be in human nature.
3
Daniel Boone
Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
4
Louis D. Brandeis
However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we properly demand of the immigrant even more than this. He must be brought into complete harmony with our ideals and aspirations and cooperate with us for their attainment.
5
John Britton
The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and affections; and more especially so after I had quitted it for an unknown place, and to associate with strangers.
6
Charlotte Bronte
You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing like it in this world.
7
Joseph Butler
Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.
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Joseph Butler
The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves.
9
James Fenimore Cooper
I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher principles. Are they necessarily inseparable? Is man really so much of a philosopher, that he can conceive of truth in its abstract purity, and divest life and the affections of all the aids of the imagination?
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Charles Darwin
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFFECTIONS»

Discover the use of affections in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to affections and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hidden Affections (Hearts Along the River Book #3)
Betrayed by her husband, Annabelle Tyler wears the burden of legally being a divorcee, a difficult position for an upstanding young woman to find herself in.
Delia Parr, 2011
2
Equal Affections: A Novel
Sketches an intimate portrait of a family and its emotional struggle to come to terms with the death of matriarch Louise Cooper.
David Leavitt, 1997
3
Unnatural Affections: Women and Fiction in the Later 18th ...
" -- Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature George Haggerty examines the "unnatural" affections that abound in 18th-century novels.
George E. Haggerty, 1998
4
Bangkok Affections
James Parmelee not only knows and understands the world of being a foreigner teaching in Thailand, but also has an incredibly gifted writing style that gets you turning the pages in a hurry to see what happens next!
James Aaron Parmelee
5
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections
Inferences from the Doctrine Having thus considered the evidence of the proposition laid down, I proceed to some inferences. 1. We may hence learn how great their error is who are for discarding all religious affections, as having nothing solid ...
Jonathan Edwards, 2007
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Radical Affections: Essays on the Poetics of Outside
Offers a critical study of six poets central to the New American poetry movement, including Charles Olsen, Robert Creely, Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, Robin Blaser and Susan Howe. Simultaneous.
Miriam Nichols, 2010
7
Unequal Affections: A Pride and Prejudice Retelling
Diverging from Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice at the proposal in the Hunsford parsonage, this story explores the kind of man Darcy is, even before his “proper humbling,” and how such a man, so full of pride, so much ...
Lara S. Ormiston, 2013
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Stray Affections: A Novel
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Charlene Baumbich, 2009
9
An essay on the nature and conduct of the passions and ...
With Men of recluse contemplative V. Lives, who have dwelt much upon some *— -v— •* moral Ideas, but without large extensive View of public Good, or without engaging themselves to the full in the public Affections, and common Affairs of ...
Francis Hutcheson, 1756
10
The Amenities of Book Collecting And Kindred Affections
The Amenities of Book Collecting is a classic of the books-on-books genre and a charming collection of essays that set the tone for book collecting in the postwar era.
A. Edward Newton, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFFECTIONS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term affections is used in the context of the following news items.
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ArtsBeat | 'True Detective' Recap: Some Bounce Back, Others …
Paul is contending with his own conflicted urges as well as the affections of an old army buddy, the Jack to his Ennis. Photo. Gabriel Luna, left ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Bajazet review (City Recital Hall, Sydney)
Emily Edmonds is superb as Asteria, the object of both men's affections. If this opera has a hero, it is Edmonds' Asteria, and it's another ... «Daily Review, Jul 15»
3
Jacob Arminius– Theologian of Grace Part Five
... aspects that are essential or natural to human nature, such as the faculties of the soul, especially the human intellect, will, and affections. «Patheos, Jul 15»
4
Sunday's TV tips
Hero worship sours into jealousy as Bob realises that he can never win the public's affections in the same way as his charismatic idol. So when ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
5
The Filipino sense of smell
... [Filipinos]; that by it they can distinguish the dresses of their masters and mistresses, and lovers ascertain the state of each other's affections. «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
6
Be sensitive to needs of animals, children told
Author Alfred A. Montapert had rightly said that animals are reliable, full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
7
Carson McCullers: trying to understand why love is so difficult…
In this he is abetted by Cousin Lymon who switches his affections from Miss Amelia to Macy. Macy and Cousin Lymon leave, never to return. «Scholars and Rogues, Jul 15»
8
Beware powerful women intoxicated with their agendas
... with the Shard, of the capital's skyline; the colonisation of its iconic buildings and businesses; even the affections, it is said, of the royal family. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
9
Andy Murray v Andreas Seppi: Wimbledon 2015 – as it happened
Back on court, the only word the object of their affections is interested in spelling is V-I-C-T-O-R-Y. He breaks Seppi to 30 with a wonderful ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Natasha Spendlove belongs to a rarefied part of the demographic …
Tim, who succeeded him in her affections at around this time and in whose Chelsea townhouse she currently resides, is a real-life venture ... «The Independent, Jul 15»

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