affects

v. influence; move someone (emotionally); attack (of a disease); act as if, pretend; have a certain disposition towards; have an affinity for

The term Affect generally suggests an emotion. It is used in various ways in various contexts:Affect (philosophy).Affect (psychology), referring to feeling or emotion.Affect display (psychology) refers to apparent signs of emotion, such as facial expression, vocalization, and postureAffective science, the scientific study of emotion.Any of several terms in abnormal psychology, including.Blunted affect or affective flattening, a reduction in emotional reactivity.Labile affect, the unstable display of emotion.Affective computing, an area of research in computer science aiming to simulate emotional processes.Literary affects, the emotional experience generated in a reader by a text, such as catharsis kairosis and kenosis.Affekt (the German term, which is often used in this context) in musical and other aesthetic theory. (The article currently redirects to Doctrine of the affections.)Doctrine of the affections, an important theory in musical aesthetics.
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Affect /af·fect/ the external expression of emotion attached to ideas or mental representations of objects. af·fect v. 1. [more]Affects - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
(hypernym) feeling
(derivation) impress, move, strike
Verb
1. have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
(synonym) impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) strike a blow
2. act physically on; have an effect upon
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) attack
3. connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"
(synonym) involve, regard
(hypernym) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
(hyponym) implicate
4. make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
(synonym) feign, sham, pretend, dissemble
(hypernym) misrepresent, belie
(hyponym) play possum
(verb-group) make, pretend, make believe
5. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
(synonym) impress, move, strike
(hyponym) infect
(cause) feel, experience
(verb-group) hit, strike, come to

n. affect, influence