AFFECTIONATENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does affectionateness mean? 

• AFFECTIONATENESS (noun)
  The noun AFFECTIONATENESS has 2 senses:

1. a positive feeling of liking

2. a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

  Familiarity information: AFFECTIONATENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFFECTIONATENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A positive feeling of liking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

affection; affectionateness; fondness; heart; philia; tenderness; warmheartedness; warmness

Context example:

the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home

Hypernyms ("affectionateness" is a kind of...):

feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "affectionateness"):

attachment; fond regard (a feeling of affection for a person or an institution)

protectiveness (a feeling of protective affection)

regard; respect (a feeling of friendship and esteem)

soft spot (a sentimental affection)

Derivation:

affectionate (having or displaying warmth or affection)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

affectionateness; fondness; lovingness; warmth

Hypernyms ("affectionateness" is a kind of...):

emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "affectionateness"):

tenderness (a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling)

uxoriousness (foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife)

Derivation:

affectionate (having or displaying warmth or affection)