Editing Affection (section)

{{Short description|Feeling or type of love}}
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[[File:Affection LCCN2003670229.tif|thumb|right|200px|Two children showing affection]]
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'''Affection''' or '''fondness''' is a "[[disposition]] or state of mind or body"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/affection |title=Affection |website=Dictionary.com |access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> commonly linked to a [[feeling]] or type of [[love]]. It has led to multiple branches in [[philosophy]] and [[psychology]] that discuss emotion, disease, influence, and state of being.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/emotions-17th18th/LD7Hutcheson.html |title=Francis Hutcheson on the Emotions|series=17th and 18th Century Theories of Emotions |website=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> Often, "affection" denotes more than mere goodwill or friendship. Writers on [[ethics]] generally use the word to refer to distinct states of feeling, both lasting and temporary. Some contrast it with ''[[passion (emotion)|passion]]'' as being free from the distinctively sensual element.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Affection|volume=1|pages=299–300}}</ref>

Affection can elicit diverse emotional reactions such as embarrassment, disgust, pleasure, and annoyance. The emotional and physical effect of affection also varies between the giver and the receiver.<ref>{{Cite web |title = The Effects of Affection |url = https://researchmatters.asu.edu/stories/effects-affection-960 |website = Research Matters |access-date = 2015-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 14, 2007 |title=The effects of affection |url=https://news.asu.edu/content/effects-affection |website=ASU News}}</ref>