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Note: Often confused with "effect".

Affect

"Affect" in Finnish

affekti

(psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus)

esittää

(to make a false display of)

liikuttaa

(to move to emotion)

pitää

(to feel affection for; to like, be fond of)

teeskennellä

(to make a false display of)

vahingoittaa

(to infect or harm)

vaikuttaa

(to influence or alter)

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