English words for 'Misconstruction of affective.'
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noun
- Emotion; impression.
- the experiencing of affective and emotional states
- (usually in the plural) Emotional attraction or desire.
- An opinion, an attitude.
- (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.
- Sensation, particularly through the skin.
- Intuition.
- a physical sensation that you experience
- a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
- an intuitive understanding of something
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
adj
verb
adj
- effusively or insincerely emotional
- Derived from emotion rather than logical reason.
- given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
- Romantic.
- Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc.
noun
verb
adj
- of or pertaining to emotion
- (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
- Of or relating to the emotions.
- determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason
- of more than usual emotion
- Overwhelmed by mixed emotions, moved, almost tearful.
- Readily displaying emotion.
- Determined by strong emotion rather than purely logical reasoning.
- Appealing to or arousing emotion.
- Characterized by emotion.
- Easily affected by emotion.
noun
verb
- (psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project.
- (economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.
- To make something external or objective.
- To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody.
- make external or objective, or give reality to
- regard as objective
adj
- marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
- equally skillful with each hand
- Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
- Having equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands.
- Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
- (humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
adj
noun
adj
- Exaggerated and likely to be forced or insincere. (of a smile or grin)
- (informal) Cheap, of poor quality.
- (informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
- (gaming) Constituting or involving a technique considered unsporting or inelegant.
- Of or relating to cheese.
- Resembling or containing cheese.
- of very poor quality; flimsy
noun
- (psychology) Initialism of affect, behavior, and cognition.
- (cryptozoology) Initialism of alien big cat.
- (automotive) Initialism of active body control.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of accelerated blood clearance.
- (pharmacology) Abbreviation of abacavir.
- Initialism of Australian-born Chinese.
- (climbing) Initialism of advance base camp.
- (US, regional) Ellipsis of ABC store.
- (immunology, medicine) Initialism of antigen-binding capacity.
- (sometimes derogatory) Initialism of American-born Chinese.
- (object-oriented programming) Initialism of abstract base class.
- (pathology) Initialism of aneurysmal bone cyst.
- (computing, typography) A keyboard layout in which all keys are arranged in alphabetical order in English.
- (computing) Initialism of artificial bee colony.
- (Christianity, informal) Initialism of Archbishop of Canterbury.
- (poker) A straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding weak hands, and avoiding bluffing.
- (US) Initialism of alcoholic beverage control.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of ATP-binding cassette.
- (business management) Initialism of activity-based costing.
- (electrical engineering) Initialism of absorbing boundary condition.
- (law, finance) Initialism of assignment for the benefit of creditors.
- (UK, rail transport) A British alphabetized guidebook listing trains and their stations.
- (mnemonic, emergency medicine) Initialism of airway, breathing and circulation, the essential steps in the immediate assessment and treatment of critically ill or injured patients.
- (uncountable, countable, usually plural in Canada, US) The English alphabet.
- The fundamentals of any subject.
- (immunology) Initialism of age-associated B cell.
- (psychology) Initialism of adventure-based counseling.
- (pathology) Initialism of adenoid basal cell carcinoma.
- (computing) Initialism of Atanasoff-Berry computer.
- a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
adj
name
- (aviation) Initialism of Advance Booking Charter.
- (historical, radio, television) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Commission.
- (historical, radio) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Company.
- (UK, now historical) Initialism of Aerated Bread Company, which ran a network of shops and cafeterias.
- (television) Initialism of American Broadcasting Company, an American commercial broadcast television network founded in 1943.
- Initialism of Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul, satellite cities around the city of São Paulo that form the most important industrial area in Brazil.
- (computer languages) An imperative general-purpose programming language, intended for teaching or prototyping.
- (finance) Initialism of Agricultural Bank of China.
- (publishing) Initialism of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
- (Christianity) Initialism of Anglican Book Centre, the publishing house and bookshop of the Anglican Church of Canada until 2013.
- (historical, bowling) Initialism of American Bowling Congress.
- (radio, television) Initialism of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
- (radio, television) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- (US, rail transport) Initialism of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad.
- (historical, basketball) Initialism of Asian Basketball Confederation.
- Initialism of American Book Center, an English-language bookstore in Amsterdam founded in 1972.
- (often attributively) Initialism of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, the three most powerful and wealthiest countries in South America.
phrase
- (medicine) Initialism of abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, a sex education policy developed in response to the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
- (Canadian politics) Initialism of anything but Conservative.
- (wine) Initialism of anything but Chardonnay, a backlash against Chardonnay wine, seen as ubiquitous.
- (electronics, electric vehicles, automotive) Initialism of always be charging, a recommendation to remember to charge or be left without use by a low battery at an inopportune time.
noun
- (psychology) The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.
- The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
- the act of repressing; control by holding down
- a state of forcible subjugation
- (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
adj
verb
adj
verb
verb
- (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
- (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
- (transitive) to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
- damage as if by shaking or jarring
- tamper with
- change the arrangement or position of
- destroy the peace or tranquility of
- move deeply
noun
- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- an outward appearance
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- (of a law) having legal validity
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- (sciences) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- (sciences, statistics) An influence or causal association between two variables.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
verb
noun
- (psychology) The transfer of feelings or emotions from their intended recipient to another object or person.
- (fluid mechanics) The amount of liquid displaced by a submerged object.
- The weight of a ship or other floating vessel, traditionally measured or calculated by finding the volume of the vessel below the waterline when afloat, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the whole displacing body.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of engine displacement.
- The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
- (physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
- (fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
- (grammar) The capability of a communication system to refer to things that are not present (that existed or will exist at another time, or that exist at another location).
- (electricity) The transfer of electricity along tubes of induction and thereby polarizing a dielectric.
- act of removing from office or employment
- the act of uniform movement
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
- act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
- to move something from its natural environment
verb
- To give the appearance of, or make a show of, (something) by assuming an affected or exaggerated attitude.
- To assume an attitude or pose, especially one which is affected, exaggerated, or unnatural; to posture, to posturize; also, to excessively practise adopting attitudes or poses.
- To cause (someone or something) to assume an attitude or pose; to pose, to posture.
- (figurative) To create art, speak, or write in a manner which assumes affected, exaggerated, or unnatural attitudes.
- assume certain affected attitudes
noun
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
- (biology) The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
- The act of disguising.
- (military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
- Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
- (textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
- A disguise or covering up.
verb
noun
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy.
- (figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath.
- Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
verb
noun
- Emotion; impression.
- the experiencing of affective and emotional states
- (usually in the plural) Emotional attraction or desire.
- An opinion, an attitude.
- (always in the plural) Emotional state or well-being.
- Sensation, particularly through the skin.
- Intuition.
- a physical sensation that you experience
- a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
- an intuitive understanding of something
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
adj
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (psychology) Initialism of affect, behavior, and cognition.
- (cryptozoology) Initialism of alien big cat.
- (automotive) Initialism of active body control.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of accelerated blood clearance.
- (pharmacology) Abbreviation of abacavir.
- Initialism of Australian-born Chinese.
- (climbing) Initialism of advance base camp.
- (US, regional) Ellipsis of ABC store.
- (immunology, medicine) Initialism of antigen-binding capacity.
- (sometimes derogatory) Initialism of American-born Chinese.
- (object-oriented programming) Initialism of abstract base class.
- (pathology) Initialism of aneurysmal bone cyst.
- (computing, typography) A keyboard layout in which all keys are arranged in alphabetical order in English.
- (computing) Initialism of artificial bee colony.
- (Christianity, informal) Initialism of Archbishop of Canterbury.
- (poker) A straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding weak hands, and avoiding bluffing.
- (US) Initialism of alcoholic beverage control.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of ATP-binding cassette.
- (business management) Initialism of activity-based costing.
- (electrical engineering) Initialism of absorbing boundary condition.
- (law, finance) Initialism of assignment for the benefit of creditors.
- (UK, rail transport) A British alphabetized guidebook listing trains and their stations.
- (mnemonic, emergency medicine) Initialism of airway, breathing and circulation, the essential steps in the immediate assessment and treatment of critically ill or injured patients.
- (uncountable, countable, usually plural in Canada, US) The English alphabet.
- The fundamentals of any subject.
- (immunology) Initialism of age-associated B cell.
- (psychology) Initialism of adventure-based counseling.
- (pathology) Initialism of adenoid basal cell carcinoma.
- (computing) Initialism of Atanasoff-Berry computer.
- a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
adj
name
- (aviation) Initialism of Advance Booking Charter.
- (historical, radio, television) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Commission.
- (historical, radio) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Company.
- (UK, now historical) Initialism of Aerated Bread Company, which ran a network of shops and cafeterias.
- (television) Initialism of American Broadcasting Company, an American commercial broadcast television network founded in 1943.
- Initialism of Santo André, São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano do Sul, satellite cities around the city of São Paulo that form the most important industrial area in Brazil.
- (computer languages) An imperative general-purpose programming language, intended for teaching or prototyping.
- (finance) Initialism of Agricultural Bank of China.
- (publishing) Initialism of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
- (Christianity) Initialism of Anglican Book Centre, the publishing house and bookshop of the Anglican Church of Canada until 2013.
- (historical, bowling) Initialism of American Bowling Congress.
- (radio, television) Initialism of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
- (radio, television) Initialism of Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- (US, rail transport) Initialism of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad.
- (historical, basketball) Initialism of Asian Basketball Confederation.
- Initialism of American Book Center, an English-language bookstore in Amsterdam founded in 1972.
- (often attributively) Initialism of Argentina, Brazil and Chile, the three most powerful and wealthiest countries in South America.
phrase
- (medicine) Initialism of abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, a sex education policy developed in response to the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
- (Canadian politics) Initialism of anything but Conservative.
- (wine) Initialism of anything but Chardonnay, a backlash against Chardonnay wine, seen as ubiquitous.
- (electronics, electric vehicles, automotive) Initialism of always be charging, a recommendation to remember to charge or be left without use by a low battery at an inopportune time.
noun
- (psychology) The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.
- The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
- the act of repressing; control by holding down
- a state of forcible subjugation
- (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
noun
- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- an outward appearance
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- (of a law) having legal validity
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- (sciences) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- (sciences, statistics) An influence or causal association between two variables.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
verb
noun
- (psychology) The transfer of feelings or emotions from their intended recipient to another object or person.
- (fluid mechanics) The amount of liquid displaced by a submerged object.
- The weight of a ship or other floating vessel, traditionally measured or calculated by finding the volume of the vessel below the waterline when afloat, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the whole displacing body.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of engine displacement.
- The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
- (physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
- (fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
- (grammar) The capability of a communication system to refer to things that are not present (that existed or will exist at another time, or that exist at another location).
- (electricity) The transfer of electricity along tubes of induction and thereby polarizing a dielectric.
- act of removing from office or employment
- the act of uniform movement
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
- act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
- to move something from its natural environment
noun
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
- (biology) The resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.
- The act of disguising.
- (military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.
- Clothes made from camouflage fabric, for concealment in combat or hunting.
- (textiles) A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
- A disguise or covering up.
verb
noun
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
- The act or state of disguising, notably as a ploy.
- (figuratively) The appearance of something on the outside which masks what’s beneath.
- Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
verb
verb
- (psychology) To attribute emotions etc to external circumstances; to project.
- (economics) To direct to others, as costs or benefits.
- To make something external or objective.
- To represent something abstract or intangible as material; to embody.
- make external or objective, or give reality to
- regard as objective
verb
- (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
- (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
- (transitive) to divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
- damage as if by shaking or jarring
- tamper with
- change the arrangement or position of
- destroy the peace or tranquility of
- move deeply
verb
- To give the appearance of, or make a show of, (something) by assuming an affected or exaggerated attitude.
- To assume an attitude or pose, especially one which is affected, exaggerated, or unnatural; to posture, to posturize; also, to excessively practise adopting attitudes or poses.
- To cause (someone or something) to assume an attitude or pose; to pose, to posture.
- (figurative) To create art, speak, or write in a manner which assumes affected, exaggerated, or unnatural attitudes.
- assume certain affected attitudes
adj
- effusively or insincerely emotional
- Derived from emotion rather than logical reason.
- given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
- Romantic.
- Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc.
adj
- of or pertaining to emotion
- (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
- Of or relating to the emotions.
- determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason
- of more than usual emotion
- Overwhelmed by mixed emotions, moved, almost tearful.
- Readily displaying emotion.
- Determined by strong emotion rather than purely logical reasoning.
- Appealing to or arousing emotion.
- Characterized by emotion.
- Easily affected by emotion.
noun
adj
- marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
- equally skillful with each hand
- Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
- Having equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands.
- Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
- (humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
adj
noun
adj
- Exaggerated and likely to be forced or insincere. (of a smile or grin)
- (informal) Cheap, of poor quality.
- (informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
- (gaming) Constituting or involving a technique considered unsporting or inelegant.
- Of or relating to cheese.
- Resembling or containing cheese.
- of very poor quality; flimsy