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   affliction

   /əˈflɪkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a cause of pain or harm: "a crippling affliction of the nervous system" Similar disorderdiseasemaladycomplaintailmentillnessindispositionscourgeplaguetroublemenaceevilvisitation
   • ▪ the state of being in pain: "poor people in great affliction" Similar sufferingdistresspaintroublemiserywretchednesshardshipmisfortuneadversitysorrowtormenttribulationwoecross to bearthorn in one's flesh/sidebanetrialcalamityordealills
   • ▪ an instance of one celestial body afflicting another.

   Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘infliction of pain or humiliation’, specifically ‘religious self-mortification’): via Old French from Latin afflictio(n-), from the verb affligere (see afflict).

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   The meaning of AFFLICTION is a cause of persistent pain or distress. How to use affliction in a sentence.

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   Affliction is a noun that means something that makes you suffer, such as a disease, a hardship, or a problem. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and see translations in other languages.

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   Affliction is a noun that means something which causes physical or mental suffering, or a condition of great distress, pain, or suffering. Learn more about its synonyms, pronunciation, grammar, and usage with examples from Collins English Dictionary.

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   Affliction is a noun that means a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity, ill health, or trouble. Find synonyms, antonyms, translations, and examples of affliction in different contexts.

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   What does afflictio mean in English?

   • The monks believed that the disease was an affliction sent by God. Word Origin Middle English (originally in the sense ‘infliction of pain or humiliation’, specifically ‘religious self-mortification’): via Old French from Latin afflictio (n-), from the verb affligere, from ad- ‘to’ + fligere ‘to strike, dash’.

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   How many meanings does the noun affliction have?

   • There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun affliction. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the noun affliction? How is the noun affliction pronounced? Where does the noun affliction come from? To continue reading, please sign in below or purchase a subscription.

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   What is the meaning of affliction in the Bible?

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   What is a greater affliction?

   • A greater affliction is ' the apathy that derives from the lack of commitment to the civic public realm ' (p. 96). In one final hyperbolic line, the narrator suggests that the upsidedown reversals caused by blues affliction are insurmountable.

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   An affliction makes you suffer, but you have to deal with it anyway. Diseases are often said to be afflictions, but the word can mean just about anything that causes great suffering.

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    Affliction is a noun that means pain and difficulty or something that causes it. Learn how to use it in formal contexts, see example sentences and find synonyms in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.