Affected class
noun
a group which is adversely affected or discriminated against by a specific policy, practice, or piece of legislation
examples
affected cl-ss status must be determined by -n-lysis or court decision.
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- Affected
acted upon; influenced. influenced in a harmful way; impaired, harmed, or attacked, as by climate or disease. (of the mind or feelings) impressed; moved; touched: she was deeply affected by their generosity. -ssumed artificially; unnatural; feigned: affected sophistication; an affected british accent. -ssuming or pretending to possess that which is not natural: her affected wealth […]
- Affectedly
-ssumed artificially; unnatural; feigned: affected sophistication; an affected british accent. -ssuming or pretending to possess that which is not natural: her affected wealth and social pedigree are so obviously false that it’s embarr-ssing. inclined or disposed: well affected toward the speaker’s cause. held in affection; fancied: a novel much affected by our grandparents. historical examples […]
- Affectedness
-ssumed artificially; unnatural; feigned: affected sophistication; an affected british accent. -ssuming or pretending to possess that which is not natural: her affected wealth and social pedigree are so obviously false that it’s embarr-ssing. inclined or disposed: well affected toward the speaker’s cause. held in affection; fancied: a novel much affected by our grandparents. historical examples […]
- Affecting
moving or exciting the feelings or emotions. to act on; produce an effect or change in: cold weather affected the crops. to impress the mind or move the feelings of: the music affected him deeply. (of pain, disease, etc.) to attack or lay hold of. psychology. feeling or emotion. psychiatry. an expressed or observed emotional […]
- Affectional
relating to or implying . historical examples carrie realised the change of affectional atmosphere at once. sister carrie theodore dreiser with the affectional experiences which we are considering, the relatively ‘pure’ condition lasts. essays in radical empiricism william james its contents or material shift their values back and forth from technological or utilitarian to æsthetic, […]