affect
Have impact on
Like the word it is often confused with (effect), affect can be both a noun and a verb, but unlike effect, affect is usually a verb.
It means have an effect or influence on: How does this mutation affect the mice?
Affect can also convey contrivance: He affected a British accent in order to appear more refined.
When affect is a noun the stress is on the first syllable.
The noun affect is used primarily as a technical term in psychology to denote the experience of feeling an emotion.
Intense positive emotion
- sadnessState of emotional pain
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- fearEmotional response to threat
- disgustIntense physical aversion
surprise · love · happiness · grief · envy · guilt · shame · pride
Forceful contact or consequence
- shapeExternal outline of something
- alterMake a modification
- modifyChange partially
- changeTo make different
determine · guide · control · direct · manipulate · persuade · sway · steer
Deceptive outward show
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- maskFace-worn concealment
- fakeNot the real thing
- shamFraudulent imitation
simulate · put-on · pretend · deceive · false · artifice · posture · mannerism
Pleased facial expression
- frownDisapproving facial expression
- grimaceTwisted expression of displeasure
- scowlAngry facial expression
- gestureCommunicative body movement
gaze · stare · sigh · laugh · cry · sneer · pout · body-language
Mental knowledge acquisition
- neuroscienceStudy of nervous systems
- behaviorismPsychology studying observable conduct
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- schemaOrganized representational structure
perception · motivation · psychopathology · psychodynamics · neuropsychology · attachment · regulation · dysregulation
joy
Intense positive emotion
disgust · surprise · love · happiness · grief · envy · guilt · shame · pride · jealousy
impact
Forceful contact or consequence
change · determine · guide · control · direct · manipulate · persuade · sway · steer · govern
pretense
Deceptive outward show
sham · simulate · put-on · pretend · deceive · false · artifice · posture · mannerism · airs
smile
Pleased facial expression
- frownDisapproving facial expression
- grimaceTwisted expression of displeasure
- scowlAngry facial expression
gesture · gaze · stare · sigh · laugh · cry · sneer · pout · body-language · tone
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- neuroscienceStudy of nervous systems
- behaviorismPsychology studying observable conduct
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
schema · perception · motivation · psychopathology · psychodynamics · neuropsychology · attachment · regulation · dysregulation · arousal
disorder
Absence of organization
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
symptom · therapy · treatment · depression · anxiety · bipolar · blunted · flat · inappropriate · congruent
- GET TO meaningsarrive, reach, access, enter, come to
- resonate phrasesresonate, echo, ring true, hit home, touch
- emotionsjoy, anger, fear, sadness, love
- putting on an actput on an act, pretend, fake it, masquerade, sham
- Humors and Passionspassions, humors, choler, melancholia, phlegm
- inner experienceinner life, mind's eye, inner world, awareness, intuition
- public display of affectionRomantic acts in open
- deep affectionIntense emotional attachment
- motherly affectionTender care from one's female parent
- easily affectedProne to influence
- withholding affectionDeliberately denying emotional warmth
- public affectionRomantic display among strangers
affected, affecting, affection, unaffected, affectionate, affects, affectation, affectionately, disaffected