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affection

feeling or type of love
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affection

Summary

affection is a concept[1]. affection draws 737 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #175 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • affection's field of work was epistemology[3].
  • affection's instance of is recorded as concept[4].
  • affection is a type of feeling[5].
  • affection is part of psychological terminology[6].
  • affection's Commons category is recorded as Affection[7].
  • affection's said to be the same as is recorded as affectivity[8].
  • affection's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • affection's different from is recorded as affect[10].

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Definition and Type

affection's instance of is recorded as concept[4]. affection is a type of feeling[5].

Use and Application

affection is part of psychological terminology[6].

Why It Matters

affection draws 737 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #175 of 912).[2] affection has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] affection is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_affection_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{affection}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/affection}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Field of work → epistemology
    Said to be the same as → affectivity
    Aliases → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11312, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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