Affection is a "disposition or state of mind or body" affection - Definitions from Dictionary.com that's often associated with a feeling or type of love. It has given rise to a number of branches of philosophy and psychology concerning: emotion (popularly: love, devotion etc); disease; influence; state of being (philosophy) 17th and 18th Century Theories of Emotions > Francis Hutcheson on the Emotions (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy); and state of mind (psychology). Usage "Affection" is po… (More on Affection)