Antonyms for affect
əˈfɛkt; ˈæf ɛktaf·fect

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1. affect

   The distinctive idea of assume is to take by one's own independent volition, whether well or ill, rightfully or wrongfully. One may accept an obligation or assume an authority that properly belongs to him, or he may assume an obligation or indebtedness that could not be required of him. He may assume authority or office that is his right; if he assumes what does not belong to him, he is said to arrogate or usurp it. A man may usurp the substance of power in the most unpretending way; what he arrogates to himself he assumes with a haughty and overbearing manner. One assumes the robes or insignia of office by putting them on, with or without right. If he takes to himself the credit and appearance of qualities he does not possess, he is said to affect or feign, or to pretend to, the character he thus assumes. What a debater postulates he openly states and takes for granted without proof; what he assumes he may take for granted without mention. A favorite trick of the sophist is quietly to assume as true what would at once be challenged if expressly stated. What a man claims he asserts his right to take; what he assumes he takes.

   Synonyms:
   accept, appropriate, arrogate, assume, claim, feign, postulate, presume, pretend, put on, take, usurp

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1. affect

   Antonyms:
   dislike, eschew, shun, repel, repudiate

   Synonyms:
   like, desire, favor, seek, assume, move, influence, concern, interest, feign, pretend

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Concern
   • Misrepresent

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. affectverb

   the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion

2. affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touchverb

   have an effect upon

   "Will the new rules affect me?"

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, touch, dissemble, stir, rival, contact, involve, fix, pertain, continue, concern, impact, mend, carry on, tinge, refer, strike, meet, move, bushel, uphold, advert, sham, restore, tint, relate, touch on, equal, preserve, tinct, bear on, impress, repair, allude, regard, match, bear upon, pretend, come to, have-to doe with, push, furbish up, feign, reach, partake, extend to, disturb, doctor

3. affectverb

   act physically on; have an effect upon

   "the medicine affects my heart rate"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, involve, touch on, move, strike, touch, bear upon, feign, regard, impress, impact, bear on, sham, dissemble

4. involve, affect, regardverb

   connect closely and often incriminatingly

   "This new ruling affects your business"

   Synonyms:
   bear upon, call for, impress, touch, involve, see, consider, strike, dissemble, sham, take, move, reckon, touch on, imply, pretend, require, necessitate, postulate, demand, impact, ask, bear on, regard, view, need, feign

5. feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissembleverb

   make believe with the intent to deceive

   "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

   Synonyms:
   bear upon, make believe, mask, touch, cloak, touch on, strike, dissemble, move, assume, involve, pretend, venture, simulate, impress, hazard, feign, act, impact, sham, guess, profess, bear on, regard, make

6. affect, impress, move, strikeverb

   have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

   "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

   Synonyms:
   touch, chance upon, dissemble, incite, act, expunge, move, motivate, strickle, imprint, attain, be active, come upon, chance on, propel, impress, impact, take, fall upon, strike, involve, shanghai, ingrain, assume, displace, make a motion, excise, collide with, coin, yarn-dye, fall, proceed, walk out, impinge on, go, sham, run into, scratch, shine, hit, prompt, regard, touch on, take up, bear on, locomote, mint, instill, travel, happen upon, bear upon, pretend, come to, run, print, feign, actuate, light upon, come across, discover

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1. affectverb

   Synonyms:
   act upon, move, touch, influence, melt, concern, bear upon, interest, dispose, turn, incline

How to use affect in a sentence?

1. President Biden:

   This does not just affect women in Texas.

2. Brian Williams:

   It's much more complicated for me personally because it's not just about that one night, it's about the racial undertones that affect all of this, so it began for me long before those cops came in the door that evening.

3. James Hansen:

   I would like to draw three main conclusions, number one, the Earth is warmer in 1988 than at any time in the history of instrumental measurements. Number two, the global warming is now large enough that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship to the greenhouse effect. And number three, our computer climate simulations indicate that the greenhouse effect is already large enough to begin to affect the probability of extreme events such as summer heat waves.

4. Ilham Aliyev:

   The sharp depreciation of currencies in neighbouring countries started to affect us. At the same time, the declining oil price also affected our revenues negatively.

5. Darius Paduch:

   Ejaculation volume can affect orgasm function in some men.

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