Affinity and Compassion

Affinity

Affinity noun - A habitual attraction to some activity or thing.

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Compassion and affinity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Compassion" instead a noun "Affinity".

Nearby Word: affinal

Compassion noun - Sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune.

Usage example: treats the homeless with great compassion

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Affinity and compassion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affinity" instead a noun "Compassion".

Nearby Words: compass, compassionate, compassed, compassionately, compassing

emotional	emotional affinity	emotional compassion
good	good affinity	good compassion
high	high affinity	high compassion
better	better affinity	better compassion
Other adjectives: common, natural, initial, deep, strong, real, great, little, inherent, strange.

For example, a naturally empathic and compassionate character may be (explicitly or implicitly) assigned the virtue of Compassion to represent, while another may be assigned the virtue of Loyalty on account of his or her personalities' natural affinity for this virtue.

Source: Embodiment of Virtue

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