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+ on\u0022 {ma}{mat|affect:1|}{\/ma}"]],"date":"15th century{ds||6||}","shortdef":["to
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+ put on a false appearance of (something) : to pretend to feel, have, or do
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+ (something) : feign","to often or usually wear or have (something) : to be
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+ given to (a preferred style of dress, speech, etc.)","to make a display of
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+ liking or using (something) : to ostentatiously cultivate or claim (a quality,
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+ 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
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+ {it}Affekt,{\/it} borrowed from Latin {it}affectus{\/it}"]],"sls":["psychology"]}],["sense",{"sn":"a","dt":[["text","{bc}a
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+ set of observable manifestations of an experienced emotion {bc}the facial
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+ expressions, gestures, postures, vocal intonations, etc., that typically accompany
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+ an emotion "],["vis",[{"t":"Evidence from several clinical groups indicates
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+ that reduced accuracy in decoding facial {wi}affect{\/wi} is associated with
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+ impaired social competence.","aq":{"auth":"Suzane Vassallo et al."}},{"t":"\u2026
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+ patients \u2026 showed perfectly normal reactions and {wi}affects{\/wi} \u2026","aq":{"auth":"Oliver
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+ Sacks"}},{"t":"Other victims of schizophrenia sometimes lapse into flat {wi}affect{\/wi},
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+ a zombielike state of apparent apathy.","aq":{"auth":"David G. Myers"}}]]]}],["sense",{"sn":"b","dt":[["text","{bc}the
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+ conscious emotion that occurs in reaction to a thought or experience "],["vis",[{"t":"Positive
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+ {wi}affect{\/wi} encompasses all good emotions, such as joy, bliss, love,
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+ and contentment.","aq":{"auth":"Roy F. Baumeister and Brad J. Bushman"}},{"t":"Killing
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+ and meaningless mass murder without {wi}affect{\/wi}, as the psychologists
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+ say, \u2026 have become too frequent occurrences in contemporary life.","aq":{"auth":"Barbara
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+ W. Tuchman"}}]]]}]],[["sense",{"sn":"2","sls":["obsolete"],"dt":[["text","{bc}{sx|feeling||},
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+ {sx|affection||} "],["vis",[{"t":"For every man with his {wi}affects{\/wi}
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+ is born, \/ Not by might mast\u0027red, but by special grace.","aq":{"auth":"William
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+ Shakespeare"}}]]]}]]]}],"usages":[{"pl":"{parahw}effect{\/parahw} vs. {parahw}affect{\/parahw}","pt":[["text","{it}Effect{\/it}
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+ and {it}affect{\/it} are often confused because of their similar spelling
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+ and pronunciation. The verb {i_link|affect:2|affect:2} usually has to do with
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+ pretense. "],["vis",[{"t":"she {it}affected{\/it} a cheery disposition despite
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+ feeling down"}]],["text"," The more common verb {i_link|affect:1|affect:1}
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+ denotes having an effect or influence. "],["vis",[{"t":"the weather {it}affected{\/it}
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+ everyone\u0027s mood"}]],["text"," The verb {i_link|effect|effect:2} goes
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+ beyond mere influence; it refers to actual achievement of a final result.
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+ "],["vis",[{"t":"the new administration hopes to {it}effect{\/it} a peace
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+ settlement"}]],["text"," The uncommon noun {it}affect{\/it}, which has a meaning
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+ relating to psychology, is also sometimes mistakenly used for the very common
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+ {it}effect.{\/it} In ordinary use, the noun you will want is {it}effect{\/it}.
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+ "],["vis",[{"t":"waiting for the new law to take {it}effect{\/it}"},{"t":"the
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+ weather had an {it}effect{\/it} on everyone\u0027s mood"}]]]}],"quotes":[{"t":"The
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+ way people respond to this is sometimes called \u0022depressed {qword}affect{\/qword}\u0022\u2014a
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+ sort of mental shifting into neutral that psychologists say also happens to
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+ prisoners of war, submarine crews, and other people in confined situations
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+ with little stimulus.","aq":{"auth":"Susan West","source":"{it}Science 84{\/it}","aqdate":"January\/February
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+ 1984"}},{"t":"Many of these young killers display an absence of what psychiatrists
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+ call {qword}affect{\/qword}. They show no discernible emotional reaction to
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+ what they have done.","aq":{"auth":"Richard Stengel","source":"{it}Time{\/it}","aqdate":"16
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+ Sept. 1985"}},{"t":"There\u0027s a good plot and good writing here, but Mallory\u0027s
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+ gender neutrality, conspicuous in her lack of {qword}affect{\/qword}, makes
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+ her seem like a comic-book character.","aq":{"auth":"Cynthia Crossen","source":"{it}Wall
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+ Street Journal{\/it}","aqdate":"5 Oct. 1994"}}],"et":[["text","Middle English,
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+ \u0022capacity for emotion, emotion, desire, will,\u0022 borrowed from Latin
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+ {it}affectus{\/it} \u0022mental state, mood, feeling, affection,\u0022 from
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+ {it}afficere{\/it} \u0022to produce an effect on, exert an influence on\u0022
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+ + {it}-tus,{\/it} suffix of verbal action {ma}{mat|affect:1|}{\/ma}"]],"date":"14th
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+ century{ds||2||}","shortdef":["a set of observable manifestations of an experienced
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+ emotion : the facial expressions, gestures, postures, vocal intonations, etc.,
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+ that typically accompany an emotion","the conscious emotion that occurs in
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+ reaction to a thought or experience","feeling, affection"]}]'
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