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11affect - effect — ◊ affect Affect is a verb. To affect someone or something means to change or influence them in some way. ...the ways in which computers can affect our lives. The disease affected Jane s lungs. ◊ effect …
12Affect (philosophy) — Affect (latin affectus or adfectus) is a concept used in philosophy by Spinoza, Deleuze and Guattari. According to Spinoza s Ethics III, 3, Definition 3, an affect is an empowerment, and not a simple change or modification. Affects, according to… …
13affect — I verb act on, adficere, bear upon, cause to alter, cause to vary, change, commovere, conduce, exert influence, have an effect upon, have influence, impress, induce, influence, introduce a change, make a change, play a direct part, prevail upon,… …
14affect — [v1] influence, affect emotionally act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset; concepts… …
15affect — affect1 [ə fekt′; ] for n. [ 2, af′ekt΄] vt. [ME affecten < L affectare, to strive after < affectus, pp. of afficere, to influence, attack < ad , to + facere, DO1] 1. to have an effect on; influence; produce a change in [bright light… …
16Affect — Af*fect ([a^]f*f[e^]kt ), n. [L. affectus.] 1. Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Psychotherapy) The emotional complex associated with an idea or mental state. In hysteria, the affect is… …
17affect — affect, affective, affectivity An affect is an emotion. In sociology the use of the term generally implies that an action is being or has been carried out for emotional gratification. For example, in their discussion of Class Awareness in the… …
18Affect — (v. lat.), schnell entstehende, lebhafte, ein bemerkliches Streben durch Aufhebung des Gleichgewichts im Gemüth hervorbringende, auf die Functionen des Geistes u. Körpers sichtbaren Einfluß habende Gemüthsbewegung. A. entsteht, wenn eine… …
19Affect — ist eine stärkere Gemüthsbewegung, welche die Seelenzustände stört und von einer Erregung des Nervensystems begleitet ist. Der A. ist vorübergehend, die Leidenschaft beharrlich, die Leidenschaft ist unsittlich, die A. können auch sittlich sein,… …
20affect detrimentally — index prejudice (injure) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
