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1 indifference
[ɪn'dɪfrəns]* * *noun (the state of showing no interest in, or concern about, something: She showed complete indifference to the cries of the baby.) indifferenza* * *indifference /ɪnˈdɪfrəns/n. [u]2 irrilevanza; mancanza di valore (o di importanza): a matter of indifference, una faccenda priva d'importanza3 mediocrità; l'essere scadente4 imparzialità; neutralità* * *[ɪn'dɪfrəns] -
2 affect
I [ə'fekt]1) (influence) [decision, event, issue] riguardare, toccare, concernere [person, region]; [strike, cuts] avere effetti su, ripercuotersi su [ group]; [ factor] incidere su, influire su, ripercuotersi su [earnings, job, state of affairs]2) (emotionally) [news, discovery] colpire, impressionareII [ə'fekt]* * *[ə'fekt]1) (to act or have an effect on: Rain affects the grass; His kidneys have been affected by the disease.) avere effetto su2) (to move the feelings of: She was deeply affected by the news of his death.) toccare, colpire* * *affect /ˈæfɛkt/n. [u](psic.) affettività; affezione; affetto; attaccamento.♦ (to) affect (1) /əˈfɛkt/v. t.1 avere effetto su; influire su; incidere su; ripercuotersi su: How does noise affect us?, che effetto hanno i rumori su di noi?; to affect prices, incidere sui prezzi; to affect adversely, avere un effetto negativo su; influire negativamente su; pregiudicare2 concernere; riguardare; interessare; toccare: This decision will affect the firm's future, questa decisione riguarda il futuro della ditta; It affects me personally, mi tocca personalmente3 toccare; commuovere; turbare; scuotere: The loss affected us deeply, quella perdita ci ha toccati profondamente4 nuocere a; avere un effetto negativo su; colpire: to affect health, nuocere alla salute; We've been badly affected by the recession, la recessione ci ha colpito duramente; Our investments won't be affected, i nostri investimenti non ne risentiranno5 ( di evento spiacevole, malattia, ecc.) colpire; interessare: A large area was affected by the flood, la piena ha colpito un'area vasta; Osteoporosis mostly affects women, l'osteoporosi colpisce soprattutto le donne.NOTA D'USO: - to affect o to effect?- (to) affect (2) /əˈfɛkt/v. t.1 affettare; ostentare: to affect indifference, ostentare indifferenza; to affect a foreign accent, parlare con accento affettatamente straniero2 fingere; simulare: to affect illness, fingere d'essere ammalato; to affect interest, fingere interesse3 usare (o indossare) volentieri; sfoggiare: She affected expensive fur coats, sfoggiava lussuose pellicce.* * *I [ə'fekt]1) (influence) [decision, event, issue] riguardare, toccare, concernere [person, region]; [strike, cuts] avere effetti su, ripercuotersi su [ group]; [ factor] incidere su, influire su, ripercuotersi su [earnings, job, state of affairs]2) (emotionally) [news, discovery] colpire, impressionareII [ə'fekt]
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indifference — n. 1) to affect, feign indifference 2) to display, show indifference 3) marked; studied indifference 4) indifference about, concerning 5) indifference to, towards * * * [ɪn dɪf(ə)rəns] concerning feign indifference show indifference studied… … Combinatory dictionary
indifference — , indifferent Ho omaopopo ole, palaka, nānā ole. Also: ho okanane o, nānā maka, ho okolono, palaleha. ♦ To feign indifference, ho opalaka, ho opalai maka … English-Hawaiian dictionary
feign — [ feın ] verb transitive FORMAL to pretend to have a particular feeling: OK, she said, feigning indifference … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
indifference — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, supreme (esp. BrE), total, utter ▪ growing ▪ deliberate, studied ▪ … Collocations dictionary
feign — UK [feɪn] / US verb [transitive] Word forms feign : present tense I/you/we/they feign he/she/it feigns present participle feigning past tense feigned past participle feigned formal to pretend to have a particular feeling OK, she said, feigning… … English dictionary
feign — verb Feign is used with these nouns as the object: ↑disappointment, ↑enthusiasm, ↑ignorance, ↑illness, ↑indifference, ↑injury, ↑innocence, ↑insanity, ↑interest, ↑look, ↑nonchalance, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
feign — [[t]fe͟ɪn[/t]] feigns, feigning, feigned VERB If someone feigns a particular feeling, attitude, or physical condition, they try to make other people think that they have it or are experiencing it, although this is not true. [FORMAL] [V n] One… … English dictionary
feign — verb (T) formal to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep etc: Feigning a headache, I went upstairs to my room. | Mattie watched him approach with feigned indifference … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
feign — See pretend; also ho o , faint, friendship, indifference … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Glossary of psychiatry — In this glossary of psychiatric terms, mostly Greek, secondly French and German and some English terms, as used in psychiatric literature, were defined. We have included many other terms with the passage of time and aim to broaden this article to … Wikipedia
pretend — /pri tend /, v.t. 1. to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong. 2. to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign: to pretend to go to sleep. 3. to make believe: The children pretended … Universalium
