Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
An emotion is suggested and demolished in one glance by certain words.
My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept.
If you think of feelings you have when you are awed by something - for example, knowing that elements in your body trace to exploded stars - I call that a spiritual reaction, speaking of awe and majesty, where words fail you.
Emotions can certainly be misleading: they can fool you into believing stuff that is definitely, demonstrably untrue.
It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it.
A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
All emotion is involuntary when genuine.
Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious.
I don't like affectation.
In 'Reclaiming Virtue,' I argue that we have had an element missing in moral education. That element is 'affect.' Affect is simply the technical word for feeling or emotion.