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+        sickness"}]],["text"," {sc}counterfeit{\/sc} implies achieving the highest
+        degree of verisimilitude of any of these words. "],["vis",[{"t":"an actor
+        {it}counterfeiting{\/it} drunkenness"}]],["text"," {sc}sham{\/sc} implies
+        an obvious falseness that fools only the gullible. "],["vis",[{"t":"{it}shammed{\/it}
+        a most unconvincing limp"}]]]}],"quotes":[{"t":"That is all I have, I said,
+        {qword}affecting{\/qword} a pathos in my voice.","aq":{"auth":"Flann O\u0027Brian","source":"{it}At
+        Swim-Two-Birds{\/it}","aqdate":"1939"}},{"t":"She pauses and {qword}affects{\/qword}
+        the more dramatic tone of a veteran actress.","aq":{"auth":"Chris Mundy","source":"{it}Rolling
+        Stone{\/it}","aqdate":"15 June 1995"}},{"t":"She doesn\u0027t put herself
+        down, but she does {qword}affect{\/qword} a languid Valley Girl drawl to offset
+        the sharpness of her observations \u2026","aq":{"auth":"Ken Tucker","source":"{it}Entertainment
+        Weekly{\/it}","aqdate":"7 Oct. 1994"}}],"et":[["text","Middle English {it}affecten{\/it}
+        \u0022to desire,\u0022 borrowed from Anglo-French {it}affeter, affecter{\/it}
+        \u0022to change, seek after,\u0022 borrowed from Latin {it}affect\u0101re{\/it}
+        \u0022to try to accomplish, strive after, pretend to have,\u0022 frequentative
+        derivative of {it}afficere{\/it} \u0022to produce an effect on, exert an influence
+        on\u0022 {ma}{mat|affect:1|}{\/ma}"]],"date":"15th century{ds||6||}","shortdef":["to
+        put on a false appearance of (something) : to pretend to feel, have, or do
+        (something) : feign","to often or usually wear or have (something) : to be
+        given to (a preferred style of dress, speech, etc.)","to make a display of
+        liking or using (something) : to ostentatiously cultivate or claim (a quality,
+        attitude, etc.)"]},{"meta":{"id":"affect:3","uuid":"dcac4414-b7b1-45ea-a830-fda82bd8b750","sort":"011194000","src":"collegiate","section":"alpha","stems":["affect","affects"],"offensive":false},"hom":3,"hwi":{"hw":"af*fect","prs":[{"mw":"\u02c8a-\u02ccfekt","sound":{"audio":"affect01","ref":"c","stat":"1"}}]},"fl":"noun","ins":[{"il":"plural","if":"af*fects"}],"def":[{"sseq":[[["sen",{"sn":"1","et":[["text","German
+        {it}Affekt,{\/it} borrowed from Latin {it}affectus{\/it}"]],"sls":["psychology"]}],["sense",{"sn":"a","dt":[["text","{bc}a
+        set of observable manifestations of an experienced emotion {bc}the facial
+        expressions, gestures, postures, vocal intonations, etc., that typically accompany
+        an emotion "],["vis",[{"t":"Evidence from several clinical groups indicates
+        that reduced accuracy in decoding facial {wi}affect{\/wi} is associated with
+        impaired social competence.","aq":{"auth":"Suzane Vassallo et al."}},{"t":"\u2026
+        patients \u2026 showed perfectly normal reactions and {wi}affects{\/wi} \u2026","aq":{"auth":"Oliver
+        Sacks"}},{"t":"Other victims of schizophrenia sometimes lapse into flat {wi}affect{\/wi},
+        a zombielike state of apparent apathy.","aq":{"auth":"David G. Myers"}}]]]}],["sense",{"sn":"b","dt":[["text","{bc}the
+        conscious emotion that occurs in reaction to a thought or experience "],["vis",[{"t":"Positive
+        {wi}affect{\/wi} encompasses all good emotions, such as joy, bliss, love,
+        and contentment.","aq":{"auth":"Roy F. Baumeister and Brad J. Bushman"}},{"t":"Killing
+        and meaningless mass murder without {wi}affect{\/wi}, as the psychologists
+        say, \u2026 have become too frequent occurrences in contemporary life.","aq":{"auth":"Barbara
+        W. Tuchman"}}]]]}]],[["sense",{"sn":"2","sls":["obsolete"],"dt":[["text","{bc}{sx|feeling||},
+        {sx|affection||} "],["vis",[{"t":"For every man with his {wi}affects{\/wi}
+        is born, \/ Not by might mast\u0027red, but by special grace.","aq":{"auth":"William
+        Shakespeare"}}]]]}]]]}],"usages":[{"pl":"{parahw}effect{\/parahw} vs. {parahw}affect{\/parahw}","pt":[["text","{it}Effect{\/it}
+        and {it}affect{\/it} are often confused because of their similar spelling
+        and pronunciation. The verb {i_link|affect:2|affect:2} usually has to do with
+        pretense. "],["vis",[{"t":"she {it}affected{\/it} a cheery disposition despite
+        feeling down"}]],["text"," The more common verb {i_link|affect:1|affect:1}
+        denotes having an effect or influence. "],["vis",[{"t":"the weather {it}affected{\/it}
+        everyone\u0027s mood"}]],["text"," The verb {i_link|effect|effect:2} goes
+        beyond mere influence; it refers to actual achievement of a final result.
+        "],["vis",[{"t":"the new administration hopes to {it}effect{\/it} a peace
+        settlement"}]],["text"," The uncommon noun {it}affect{\/it}, which has a meaning
+        relating to psychology, is also sometimes mistakenly used for the very common
+        {it}effect.{\/it} In ordinary use, the noun you will want is {it}effect{\/it}.
+        "],["vis",[{"t":"waiting for the new law to take {it}effect{\/it}"},{"t":"the
+        weather had an {it}effect{\/it} on everyone\u0027s mood"}]]]}],"quotes":[{"t":"The
+        way people respond to this is sometimes called \u0022depressed {qword}affect{\/qword}\u0022\u2014a
+        sort of mental shifting into neutral that psychologists say also happens to
+        prisoners of war, submarine crews, and other people in confined situations
+        with little stimulus.","aq":{"auth":"Susan West","source":"{it}Science 84{\/it}","aqdate":"January\/February
+        1984"}},{"t":"Many of these young killers display an absence of what psychiatrists
+        call {qword}affect{\/qword}. They show no discernible emotional reaction to
+        what they have done.","aq":{"auth":"Richard Stengel","source":"{it}Time{\/it}","aqdate":"16
+        Sept. 1985"}},{"t":"There\u0027s a good plot and good writing here, but Mallory\u0027s
+        gender neutrality, conspicuous in her lack of {qword}affect{\/qword}, makes
+        her seem like a comic-book character.","aq":{"auth":"Cynthia Crossen","source":"{it}Wall
+        Street Journal{\/it}","aqdate":"5 Oct. 1994"}}],"et":[["text","Middle English,
+        \u0022capacity for emotion, emotion, desire, will,\u0022 borrowed from Latin
+        {it}affectus{\/it} \u0022mental state, mood, feeling, affection,\u0022 from
+        {it}afficere{\/it} \u0022to produce an effect on, exert an influence on\u0022
+        + {it}-tus,{\/it} suffix of verbal action {ma}{mat|affect:1|}{\/ma}"]],"date":"14th
+        century{ds||2||}","shortdef":["a set of observable manifestations of an experienced
+        emotion : the facial expressions, gestures, postures, vocal intonations, etc.,
+        that typically accompany an emotion","the conscious emotion that occurs in
+        reaction to a thought or experience","feeling, affection"]}]'
+  recorded_at: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 23:24:59 GMT
+recorded_with: VCR 6.1.0