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Meaning of affliction in English

affliction
noun [ C or U ]
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/əˈflɪk.ʃən/ us
/əˈflɪk.ʃən/
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something that makes you suffer:
Malnutrition is one of the common afflictions of the poor.
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Experiencing and suffering
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(Definition of affliction from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of affliction

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Of course, the nature of the afflictions required measures for the security of both the patients and their community.
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The implication is that a father's realisation that he was the cause of his son's affliction might induce him to repent.
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This 'affliction' is evident to all those affected, no special surveys or measurements are required.
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A greater affliction is ' the apathy that derives from the lack of commitment to the civic public realm ' (p. 96).
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In one final hyperbolic line, the narrator suggests that the upsidedown reversals caused by blues affliction are insurmountable.
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A part of the reason for this is that lived disabilities are not accidental afflictions of people whose rational substance remains ever untouched.
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In the first, individuals view their illness as temporary, a bounded time of bodily impairment or affliction.
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To be tormented without a clear definition of the self is a distinctly modern affliction.
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In this instance the affliction is far from clear.
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This is an affliction with many, but by no means all, thick academic paperbacks.
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They felt particular shame when their affliction prevented them from farming, making them feel parasites dependent on the community.
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The cause of our affliction is the church of clerks which the archbishop intends.
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The sufferings of others the poet thus narrated with the same intensity as he lamented the afflictions of his heart.
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Traditionally, we have regarded obesity as an affliction of middle life, with the extremes of life relatively spared.
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Why separate external and internal afflictions, instead of simply organizing one comprehensive text in the top-down, outward-inward fashion?
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Translations of affliction

in Chinese (Traditional)
痛苦, 苦惱, 折磨…
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痛苦, 苦恼, 折磨…
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aflicción…
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in Portuguese
aflição, doença…
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ızdırap, dert…
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kwelling…
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utrpení, neštěstí…
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plage…
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gangguan, penderitaan, kesusahan…
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โรคภัยไข้เจ็บ…
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nỗi đau đớn…
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utrapienie…
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plåga, sorg…
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kesakitan…
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біда, страждання…
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