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Word: Affliction
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
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)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈflɪkʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a cause of pain or harm
Short Definition:cause of pain or harm
Examples:- a crippling affliction of the nervous system
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