Affection and fondness exist only as a disposition towards another person, irrespective of whether those feelings are reciprocated, whereas limerence deeply desires return, but it remains unaltered whether it's returned or not.

Affection ( storge, ) is fondness through familiarity, especially between family members or people who have otherwise found themselves together by chance.

Affection between men and women, based on friendship and respect more than sexual attraction, is expressed in acts that are far removed from sexuality, such as exchanges of gifts, conversation and dancing.

The Death of a Dictionary is the debut album by alternative rock band Public Affection, who subsequently changed their name to Live and released seven more studio albums.

: Mr Thrale's Sobriety, & the Decency of his Conversation being wholly free from all Oaths Ribaldry and Profaneness make him a Man exceedingly comfortable to live with, while the easiness of his Temper and slowness to take Offence add greatly to his Value as a domestic Man: Yet I think his Servants do not much love him, and I am not sure that his Children feel much Affection for him: low People almost all indeed agree to abhorr him, as he has none of that officious & cordial Manner which is universally required by them-nor any Skill to dissemble his dislike of their Coarseness-with Regard to his Wife, tho ' little tender of her Person, he is very partial to her Understanding ,-but he is obliging to nobody ; & confers a Favour less pleasingly than many a Man refuses to confer one.

The Object of My Affection is a 1998 romantic comedy film, adapted from the book of the same title by Stephen McCauley, and starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd.

Tactical Sekt, Sin D. N. A., Virus Filter, Souless Affection are aggrotech bands based in Texas, as is the multifaceted electronic duo Mentallo and the Fixer.

: Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to call to His Mercy our late Sovereign Lord King George the Sixth of Blessed and Glorious memory, by whose Decease the Crown is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary: WE, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm, being here assisted with these His late Majesty's Privy Council, with representatives of other Members of the Commonwealth, with other Principal Gentlemen of Quality, with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of London, do now hereby with one voice and Consent of Tongue and Heart publish and proclaim that the High and Mighty Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary is now, by the death of our late Sovereign of happy memory, become Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of this Realm and of all Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to whom Her lieges do acknowledge all Faith and constant Obedience with hearty and humble Affection, beseeching God by whom Kings and Queens do reign, to bless the Royal Princess Elizabeth the Second with long and happy Years to reign over us.

He has primarily appeared in comedies, and is known for his roles in the films Clueless, The Cider House Rules, Wet Hot American Summer, Anchorman, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Dinner for Schmucks, The Object of My Affection, Role Models, I Love You, Man, and Our Idiot Brother.

Sue Gerhardt is a British psychoanalytic psychotherapist and the author of Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain.

Affection is the fifth album by American pop singer Jody Watley, released in 1995 ( see 1995 in music ).

Individual strips were collected in three print editions: Buttercup Festival, Irony is Killing my Soul, and Buttercup Festival: Unsinkable Affection for the World.

In the Guildhall Art Gallery, is a picture by him representing ‘ Conjugal Affection, or Industry and Prudence ,’ and a series of scenes from ‘ Don Quixote ’.

In The Sixth Senses " With Affection, Jack the Ripper " ( 1972 ) a man is driven mad during a paranormal experiment when he inhabits the body of Jack the Ripper.

* Affection, passion (< span lang = grc > paschein </ span >, to suffer or undergo ) — examples: to be lanced, to be heated, to be cooled

# Being-affected or Affection (< span lang = grc > paschein </ span >, to suffer or undergo ).

The outlook for the amateur, for instance, is usually dependent on his fondness for local history or for the picturesque.

`` Furhmann's faculty is proud that this has been a spontaneous effort, started largely among the students themselves, because of fondness for Vicky and sympathy for her entire family, Pohly said.

We never learn anything about her husband, but we do know that she hates alcohol and public appearances, and has a great fondness for apples until she is put off them by the events of Hallowe ' en Party.

There is also a fondness for allegories that have lascivious undertones.

Godzilla, who is supposed to be about 240 feet tall, still looks like a wind-up toy, one that moves like an arthritic toddler with a fondness for walking through teeny-tiny skyscrapers instead of mud puddles.

The name comes from the Occitan word " merlot ", which means " young blackbird " (" merle " is the French word for several kinds of thrushes, including blackbirds ); the name was thought to have been given either because of the grape's beautiful dark-blue color, or the blackbirds ' fondness for grapes.

The male counterpart of misogyny is misandry, the hatred or dislike of men ; its antonym is philogyny, the love or fondness of women.

Jay Kanter, Brando's agent, producer and friend defended him in Daily Variety: " Marlon has spoken to me for hours about his fondness for the Jewish people, and he is a well-known supporter of Israel.

Misandry is the antonym of philandry, the fondness, love, or admiration of men.

Little is known about them, other than their deftness as sheep farmers and great fondness for carrying long knives.

In the Divine Comedy, Dante sees Martin IV in Purgatory, where the reader is reminded of the former pontiff's fondness for Lake Bolsena eels and Vernaccia wine.

Saladin, who now lived in Damascus, was reported to have a particular fondness of the city, but information on his early childhood is scarce.

In several stories, Holmes's fondness for Watson — often hidden beneath his cold, intellectual exterior — is revealed.

It is named after the Shinto god Inari, who is believed to have a fondness for fried tofu.

Starring Johnny Depp in the title role, the film is an homage to the low-budget science fiction and horror films of Burton's childhood, and handles its comical protagonist and his motley band of collaborators with surprising fondness and sensitivity.

He had a startling fondness for scatological humor, which is preserved in his surviving letters, notably those written to his cousin Maria Anna Thekla Mozart around 1777 – 1778, but also in his correspondence with his sister and parents.

; Terribly: It is strange that a people with such a fondness for understatement as the British should have felt the need to keep changing the adverbs by which they hope to convince listeners of the intensity of their feelings.

Wiggum often orchestrates or appreciates plays and other shows in prison with the inmates, played a major role in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire in the episode " A Streetcar Named Marge ", and his fondness for the art form is even specifically stated in " Wild Barts Can't Be Broken ".

Matlock is noted for his thrift and a fondness for hot dogs.

His sweet tooth, shown through his fondness for sugar lumps, was based on a French belief that one of the traits of the English is a liking for sweets.

She instilled in him a fondness for liberal thought ; it is probably during this period that Louis Philippe picked up his slightly Voltairean brand of Catholicism.

Despite this, he is portrayed as immature and dimwitted, given his fondness for toys and inability to pronounce certain words, such as pistachio.

Hunter's character has been discussed by biographers: To the kindness of his disposition, his fondness for animals, his aversion to operations, his thoughtful and self-sacrificing attention to his patients, and especially his zeal to help forward struggling practitioners and others in any want abundantly testify.

Although his initial fondness for her was said to have inspired the trio in the first act of opera A Life for the Tsar ( 1836 ), his naturally sweet disposition coarsened under the constant nagging of his wife and her mother.

given of the Egyptian trades three thousand years ago, the following: Boxes, chairs, tables, etc., were often made of ebony inlaid with ivory, sycamore, and acacia veneering with thin layers and carved devices of rare woods added as ornament on inferior surfaces ; and a fondness for display induced the Egyptians to paint common boards to imitate foreign varieties so generally practiced at the present day.