The phrase "affection and attachment" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to strong emotional connections and feelings towards someone or something. Example: "The bond between mother and child is often characterized by deep affection and attachment."
It is naturally patient and persevering, responding to gentle treatment with affection and attachment to its master.
"How could this endless reservoir of affection and attachment and respect that I felt for this man prove so powerless, so worthless?" Even Jerome Groopman, the only doctor among the contributors, found himself in unfamiliar territory when the cancer patient whose life he was trying to save was one of his best friends, Elliott, with whom he identified closely.
Perhaps because Collodi -- whose real name was Carlo Lorenzini -- was Italian, people here feel a special affection for, and attachment to, the Pinocchio tale.
I think there is a part of all of us that is insecure, goofy and socially inept, and so we feel affection for and attachment to Miranda, the hapless heroine.
However, from the later editions and other works, it becomes clear that he will admit, in the more normal course of events, a much more substantial role to be played by our natural affections and attachments.
"The fact that higher levels of neuroticism are associated with affection and anxious attachment suggests that people who score higher on that dimension may have high levels of affection and dependence on their pets, which may be a good thing for pets," Mikel Delgado, a doctoral student in psychology at UC Berkeley who led the research, said in a written statement.
This includes things like "kissing," "inappropriate sexual talk," "being kicked," "inadequate heating," "lack of attachment and affection" and so on; regarding sexual abuse, the most common form was fondling, not rape.
Part of the classificatory problem is that many accounts of love are quasi-reductionistic, understanding love in terms of notions like affection, evaluation, attachment, etc., which themselves never get analyzed.
* Training and Attachment Programme.
Grasping and attachment become incoherent.
EDB Scholarships, Research Training, and Attachment Programmes.
