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affect: change, influence
effect: (v) to bring about (n) result, impression

Affect: The noun affect has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) affect -- (the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion)

The verb affect has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (51) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch -- (have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?")
2. (11) affect -- (act physically on; have an effect upon)
3. (4) involve, affect, regard -- (connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business")
4. (4) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble -- (make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache")
5. affect, impress, move, strike -- (have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd")

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Synonym Affect - Noun 1 sense of affect

Sense 1
affect -- (the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion)
=> feeling -- (the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual")

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Coordinate Term: 1 sense of affect

Sense 1
affect -- (the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion)
-> feeling -- (the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual")
=> affect -- (the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion)
=> emotion -- (any strong feeling)
=> thing -- (a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him")
=> glow -- (a feeling of considerable warmth; "the glow of new love"; "a glow of regret")
=> faintness -- (a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon)
=> soul, soulfulness -- (deep feeling or emotion)
=> passion, passionateness -- (strong feeling or emotion)
=> sentiment -- (tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion)
=> complex -- ((psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior)
=> ambivalence, ambivalency -- (mixed feelings or emotions)
=> apathy -- (an absence of emotion or enthusiasm)
=> desire -- (the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state)
=> sex, sexual urge -- (all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses; "he wanted a better sex life"; "the film contained no sex or violence")
=> pleasure, pleasance -- (a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure")
=> pain, painfulness -- (emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid; "the pain of loneliness")
=> pang, stab, twinge -- (a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience")
=> liking -- (a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin")
=> dislike -- (a feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was instinctive")
=> gratitude -- (a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation; "he was overwhelmed with gratitude for their help")
=> ingratitude, ungratefulness -- (a lack of gratitude)
=> unconcern -- (a feeling of lack of concern)
=> shame -- (a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt)
=> pride, pridefulness -- (a feeling of self-respect and personal worth)
=> humility, humbleness -- (a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope")
=> astonishment, amazement -- (the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment")
=> devastation -- (the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devastation")
=> expectation -- (the feeling that something is about to happen)
=> levity -- (feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness)
=> gravity, solemnity -- (a solemn and dignified feeling)
=> sensitivity, sensitiveness -- (sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others))
=> agitation -- (the feeling of being agitated; not calm)
=> calmness -- (a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement)
=> fearlessness, bravery -- (feeling no fear)
=> happiness -- (emotions experienced when in a state of well-being)
=> sadness, unhappiness -- (emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being)
=> hope -- (the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope")
=> despair -- (the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well)
=> affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warm heartedness, philia -- (a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home")
=> temper, mood, humor, humour -- (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor")
=> sympathy, fellow feeling -- (sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish))
=> enthusiasm -- (a feeling of excitement)