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affliction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | ill health, health problem, unhealthiness |
| Has types | misshapenness, deformity, malformation |
affliction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | hard knocks, adversity, hardship |
| Has types | cross, crown of thorns |
| Derivation | afflict |
Examples of affliction
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The anxieties exploited by marketers are a particularly middle-class affliction.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Affliction with Varroa mites also tends to weaken the immune system of the bees.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Inbreeding, it will be remembered, is infamously an affliction of royal families.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
In these films, class is an affliction, an excuse for the characters'unhappiness.
From the newsweek.com
Whenever any American affliction is bemoaned, it's useful to have global context.
From the forbes.com
Unfortunately, Germany suffers from another economic affliction, claims Mr Burda.
From the economist.com
These days more and more young Americans are suffering from a similar affliction.
From the economist.com
Leo Kanner first identified Autism as the truly horrendous affliction that it is.
From the guardian.co.uk
Whatever his affliction may have been, it left no interpretable mark on his work.
From the time.com
- A state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
- A condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
- (afflictive) causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to him"; "the painful process of growing up"
- Affliction is the first official full-length album by the industrial alternative rock band Econoline Crush. It was released in Canada in 1996 by EMI, and in the United States by Nettwerk Records.
- Affliction is a 1998 film written and directed by Paul Schrader from the novel by Russell Banks. It stars Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt and Jim True.
- (afflictive) That causes physical or mental pain
- (Afflictions) Disturbing attitudes and negative emotions such as ignorance, attachment, anger, pride, jealousy, and confusion that disturb our mental peace and propel us to act in ways harmful to others.
- (Afflictions) As in the New Testament, from the Greek word "thlipsis"...meaning a pressing-in (almost to the point of crushing)...anything which results in a burdening of your spirit by circumstances or persons.
- (Afflictions) common to all (Job 5:7; 14:1; Ps. 34:19); are for the good of men (James 1:2, 3, 12; 2 Cor. 12:7) and the glory of God (2 Cor. 12:7-10; 1 Pet. 4:14), and are to be borne with patience by the Lord's people (Ps. 94:12; Prov. 3:12). They are all directed by God (Lam. ...
