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affects

affects is the plural of affect.

affects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of affect.

Meaning of affect

Noun

affect (plural affects)

  1. A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
    • if we are afraid of robbers in a dream, the robbers are certainly imaginary, but the fear is real. This draws our attention to the fact that the development of affects [translating Affectentwicklung] in dreams is not amenable to the judgement we make of the rest of the dream-content [...].1899, Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford, published 2008, page 62
  2. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
  3. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.

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Phrases with affects

Questions about affects

What is affects the plural of?
Affects is the plural of affect.

Words near affects in the dictionary

  1. affectonyms
  2. affector
  3. affectors
  4. affectour
  5. affectours
  6. affects
  7. affectual
  8. affectuality
  9. affectually
  10. affectuous
  11. affectuously

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