Affected

Meanings

To influence or alter.
To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
Someone affected, as by a disease.

Affect: (rhetoric), the responsive, emotional feeling that precedes cognition Affected accent; see Accent (sociolinguistics) Affect (company), a defunct Japanese
Affected community: An affected community indicates a community affected by a disease. This may refer to: HIV-affected community Leper colony A community affected in an epidemic
Heat-affected zone: In fusion welding, the heat-affected zone (HAZ) is the area of base material, either a metal or a thermoplastic, which is not melted but has had its microstructure