affect

affect
Synonyms and related words:
act, act a part, act like, act on, act upon, actuate, adopt, affect, affection, affectivity, agitate, alter, answer to, appertain to, apply to, assume, attack, attitude, be dressed in, bear on, bear upon, belong to, bend, betoken, bias, bluff, borrow, brandish, breathe, bring, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, call for, carry, change, choose, chorus, color, come home to, comprise, concentrate on, concern, connect, contain, copy, correspond to, counterfeit, cover up, crib, dangle, deal with, demonstrate, develop, disclose, display, dispose, dissemble, dissimulate, ditto, divulge, do, do a bit, do like, dramatize, draw, drive, echo, embody, emotion, emotional charge, emotional shade, emotivity, enact, entail, evidence, evince, exhibit, experience, expose to view, express, fake, feeling, feeling tone, feign, flaunt, flourish, focus on, foreboding, forge, four-flush, gammon, get, give sign, give token, go deep, go like, go through one, grieve, gut reaction, hang out, haunt, have connection with, have on, heartthrob, highlight, histrionize, hit, hit the mark, hoke, hoke up, illuminate, imitate, impel, implicate, imply, impress, impress forcibly, impression, incarnate, incline, indicate, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, lay hold of, lead, lead to, let on, let on like, liaise with, link with, make a pretense, make an impression, make as if, make believe, make clear, make like, make out like, make plain, manifest, materialize, mean, melt, melt the heart, mental attitude, mirror, modify, move, operate on, opinion, overact, parade, passion, penetrate, perform, persuade, pertain to, perturb, pierce, plagiarize, play, play a part, play a scene, play possum, playact, position, posture, predispose, present, presentiment, presume, presuppose, pretend, pretend to, produce, profess, profound sense, prompt, psychology, put on, put on airs, reach, reaction, reecho, refer to, reflect, regard, relate to, repeat, represent, require, resort, respect, response, reveal, rock, roll out, sadden, select, sensation, sense, sentiment, set forth, sham, show, show forth, simulate, sink in, smart, smite, soften, soften up, sport, spotlight, stance, sting, stir, strike, strike hard, strike home, subsume, sway, take, take in, tell, tie in with, tinge, token, tone, touch, touch a chord, touch upon, transform, traumatize, treat, treat of, trot out, trouble, tug the heartstrings, undercurrent, unfold, upset, use, wave, way of thinking, wear, wear down, weigh with, work

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  • affect — [ afɛkt ] n. m. • 1908; all. Affekt; a. fr. et XVIe « état, disposition »; du lat. affectus, comme l all. ♦ Psychol. État affectif élémentaire. Les sensations et les affects. ● affect nom masculin (allemand Affekt) Processus de décharge de l… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • affect — simulate, *assume, pretend, feign, counterfeit, sham affect 1 Affect, influence, touch, impress, strike, sway are more or less closely synonymous when they mean to produce or to have an effect upon a person or upon a thing capable of a reaction.… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Affect — Af*fect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Affecting}.] [L. affectus, p. p. of afficere to affect by active agency; ad + facere to make: cf. F. affectere, L. affectare, freq. of afficere. See {Fact}.] 1. To act upon; to produce an …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • affect — affect, effect 1. These two words are often confused. It should be remembered that effect is most common as a noun meaning ‘a result or consequence’ • (In England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever Oscar Wilde) and that affect… …   Modern English usage

  • affect — Ⅰ. affect [1] ► VERB 1) make a difference to; have an effect on. 2) touch the feelings of. DERIVATIVES affecting adjective. USAGE Affect and effect are frequently confused …   English terms dictionary

  • affect — 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,… …   Law dictionary

  • affect — [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… …   New thesaurus

  • affect — 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… …   English World dictionary

  • Affect — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • affect — 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… …   Dictionary of sociology

  • Affect — (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… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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