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The word of the day is ‘affinity’.
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Liking or inclination toward something
2. Like-mindedness
3. Similarity
4. Rapport
1. He stared at it and the old feeling of affinity swept over him, stronger than ever.
2. He had a special affinity with horses.
3. Yet it is affinity that determines which two shall converse.
4. A just government cannot be founded on force: for force has no affinity with justice.
5. I never heard that he had the least affinity for either of these dissipations.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
affection, closeness, fondness, leaning, rapport, sympathy, attraction, compatibility, druthers, good vibrations, same wavelength, simpatico, kinship, alliance, analogy, association, connection, likeness, relationship, similitude, empathy, accord, harmony, like-mindedness, liking for, fondness for, inclination towards, attraction towards, chemistry, bond, propinquity etc.
antagonism, difference, disagreement, dissimilarity, unlikeness, dislike, aversion, antipathy
Quotation:
My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you know, singing folk music and then, later, singing songs that I started to write myself, I felt more than an affinity for it.
David Crosby
Social Example:
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