affliction-n; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: state of suffering, hardship

Commentary: AFFLICTION[+state][+suffering][+hardship]
NOTE: refers to the state experienced by a subject, -not- the cause of the hardship (Sense 3)
NOTE: often in phrases 'X's affliction' 'X BE in affliction'

Examples:
We saw so many poor people there in great affliction.
He soothed his emotional afflictions through drinking.
Sally realized her afflictions with her job were small compared to Betty's situation.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: uncomfortable medical malady

Commentary: AFFLICTION[+state][+physiological][+condition][+abnormal][+uncomfortable]

Examples:
He developed a crippling affliction of the nervous system
The hypochondriac described many imagined afflictions to the doctor.
Exercise reduced her affliction of chronic pain in the lower back.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: a cause of suffering or hardship

Commentary: AFFLICTION[+cause][+suffering]
NOTE: refers to the cause, not the resulting state of hardship (Sense 1)
NOTE: occurs in phrases 'X BE affliction' , 'the affliction of Y'

Examples:
The tsunami was a great affliction for the island community.
He overcame the afflictions of poverty and prejudice.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: adverse astrological relation between celestial bodies

Commentary: AFFLICTION[+state][+astrological][+discordant]
NOTE: rare usage - nominalization of astrological sense of verb 'afflict'

Examples:
The astrologer described the affliction of Jupiter by Mars in opposition.

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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1b

Sense Number 5: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

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