affects
Has impact on
Affects functions as both verb and noun.
To affect something is to influence or have an impact on it: The weather affects my mood.
To affect a manner or attitude is to adopt it artificially: She affects a British accent.
As a plural noun, affects is a psychology term for emotions or feelings, especially as expressed outwardly—distinct from moods, which are more internal and sustained.
Forceful contacts or influences
- shapesExternal outlines of things
- altersMakes something different
- modifiesChanges partially
- changesAlterations or transitions
transforms · sways · determines · conditions · colors · touches · moves · stirs
Emotional responses experienced internally
- moodsTemporary emotional states
- sentimentsEmotional views or attitudes
- passionsIntense driving emotions
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
disposition · sensibility · heart · psyche · inner life · emotional response · emotional well-being · mental state
Pretends to feel
- simulatesArtificially replicates behavior
- puts onWears or stages
- assumesAccepts as true
- adoptsTakes as one's own
fakes · pretends · poses · airs · mannerisms · artificiality · pretension · falseness
Mental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- mental processesBrain's internal operations
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- memoryMind's retention capacity
attention · mood regulation · stress response · emotional processing · neural pathways · psychological state · mental health · well-being
Learned behavioral adaptation
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- behavioral patternsRepeated modes of conduct
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- socializationInternalizing cultural norms
reinforcement · stimulus-response · motivation · habit formation · behavioral change · coping mechanisms · adjustment · acclimatization
impacts
Forceful contacts or influences
changes · transforms · sways · determines · conditions · colors · touches · moves · stirs · acts on
feelings
Emotional responses experienced internally
- moodsTemporary emotional states
- sentimentsEmotional views or attitudes
- passionsIntense driving emotions
temperament · disposition · sensibility · heart · psyche · inner life · emotional response · emotional well-being · mental state · spirit
feigns
Pretends to feel
adopts · fakes · pretends · poses · airs · mannerisms · artificiality · pretension · falseness · insincerity
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- mental processesBrain's internal operations
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
memory · attention · mood regulation · stress response · emotional processing · neural pathways · psychological state · mental health · well-being · trauma response
conditioning
Learned behavioral adaptation
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- behavioral patternsRepeated modes of conduct
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
socialization · reinforcement · stimulus-response · motivation · habit formation · behavioral change · coping mechanisms · adjustment · acclimatization · behavioral modification
- Nietzschewill to power, overman, superman, slave morality, Zarathustra
- causationcause, effect, because, causality, causation
- "gets" synonymsarrives, reaches, attains, achieves, accomplishes
- SpinozaSpinoza, substance, attribute, mode, natura naturans
- 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
affect, affected, affecting, affection, unaffected, affectionate, affectation, affectionately, disaffected