Definizione monolingua

affect

affect (third-person singular simple present affects, present participle affecting, simple past and past participle affected)

1. (transitive) To influence or alter.

   The experience affected me deeply.

   The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.

2. (transitive) To move to emotion.

   He was deeply affected by the themes in the play.

3. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).

   Hepatitis affects the liver.

affect (plural affects)

1. (obsolete) Ones mood or inclination; mental state. [14th-17th c.]
2. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite. [16th-17th c.]
3. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.]
   • 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford 2008, p. 62:

     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 [transl. Affectentwicklung] in dreams is not amenable to the judgement we make of the rest of the dream-content [...].

   • 2004, Jeffrey Greenberg & Thomas A Pyszczynski, Handbook of Experimental Existential Psychology, p. 407:

     A third study demonstrated that the effects of self-affirmation on self-regulated performance were not due to positive affect.

Definizione dizionario affect

	commuovere
	to move to emotion

	fingere
	to make a false display of

	toccare
	To have an effect upon.

affettare

agire

agitare

attaccare

colpire

commettere

commuòvere

concèrnere

far mostra di

fare

incidere

incidere su

influenzare

influire

influire su

interessare

muovere

ostentare

posare

riguardare

rimescolare

simulare

Altri significati:

to infect or harm

(transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).

(transitive) To influence or alter.

(psychology) External display of emotion or mood.

emotion

(transitive) To make a false display of.

strong emotional experience

(transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.

(transitive, now rare) To feel affection for; to like, be fond of.

to influence or alter

(psychology) Emotion.

(transitive) To move to emotion.