affinity

/əˈfɪnəti/

意味: 親近感

例文: Fluffin has strong affinity for anything sparkly.
　　  フラッフィンはキラキラした物に強い親近感がある。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: strong affinity（強い親和性）, natural affinity（自然な親近感）, affinity for music（音楽への親和性）

定義: 人や物との間に自然に感じる親しみや似ている性質。趣味・性格・出身などが近くて、親近感を持つような関係を指します。

affinityは約200,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
Noun: (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship
Noun: (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts
Noun: a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character
Noun: the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
Noun: inherent resemblance between persons or things
Noun: a natural attraction or feeling of kinship

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She felt a strong affinity for the art of painting.(彼女は絵画に強い親近感を抱いていた。)
We have an affinity for pizza on Friday nights!(私たちは金曜日の夜にピザが大好きだ！)
His affinity for classical music was evident in his extensive collection.(彼のクラシック音楽への親近感は、彼の膨大なコレクションに表れていた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans
Noun: found a natural affinity with the immigrants
Noun: felt a deep kinship with the other students
Noun: anthropology’s kinship with the humanities
Noun: basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk
Noun: an affinity for politics
Noun: the mysterious affinity between them
Noun: James’s affinity with Sam

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): affinity, chemical attraction, kinship, phylogenetic relation

Antonyms(反意語): consanguinity

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): attraction, force, kinship, relation, resemblance

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): aerodynamic force, affinity, allure, association, attraction, binding, brotherhood, business relation, causality, centrifugal force, centripetal force, change, chemical bond, cohesion, comparison, connection, consanguinity, control, coriolis force, descent, drawing power, drift, fascination, fatherhood, foundation, function, gravity, interrelation, kinship, life force, linguistic relation, logical relation, lorentz force, lure, magnetism, magnetomotive force, magnitude relation, marital relationship, mathematical relation, moment, motherhood, mutual resemblance, opposition, ownership, parentage, part, position, possession, propulsion, pull, push, reaction, reciprocality, relationship, repulsion, sexual attraction, show-stopper, sisterhood, social relation, stress, temporal relation, torsion, unconnectedness, van der waal’s forces

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): rapport, steprelationship, sympathy

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: affine

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology, science

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: emotional

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ity

Exam Level

英検1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: