Definition of affect. Meaning of affect. Synonyms of affect

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Definition of affect

Affect
Affect Af*fect", n. [L. affectus.] Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition. [Obs.] --Shak.
Affect
Affect Af*fect", n. (Psychotherapy) The emotional complex associated with an idea or mental state. In hysteria, the affect is sometimes entirely dissociated, sometimes transferred to another than the original idea.

Meaning of affect from wikipedia

- Look up affect in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Affect may refer to: Affect (education) Affect (linguistics), attitude or emotion that a speaker brings...
- Reduced affect display, sometimes referred to as emotional blunting or emotional numbing, is a condition of reduced emotional reactivity in an individual...
- Pseudobulbar affect (PBA), or emotional incontinence, is a type of neurological disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of crying or laughing...
- Look up affector in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Affector may refer to: a neuron that directly activates a muscle a thematic relation similar to agent...
- Affect, in psychology, refers to the underlying experience of feeling, emotion, attachment, or mood. In psychology, "affect" refers to the experience...
- Affect theory is a theory that s****s to organize affects, sometimes used interchangeably with emotions or subjectively experienced feelings, into discrete...
- Affective computing is the study and development of systems and devices that can recognize, interpret, process, and simulate human affects. It is an interdisciplinary...
- Affective neuroscience is the study of how the brain processes emotions. This field combines neuroscience with the psychological study of personality...
- Negative affectivity (NA), or negative affect, is a personality variable that involves the experience of negative emotions and poor self-concept. Negative...
- Affect (from Latin affectus or adfectus) is a concept, used in the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza and elaborated by Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze and FĂ©lix...