The phrase "affection for something" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when expressing a fondness or love for a particular object, idea, or activity.
Example: "She has a deep affection for classical music, often attending concerts and collecting vinyl records."
Alternatives: "fondness for something" or "love for something".
So I am cursed with an affection for something that can only hurt me.
It can be difficult to feel affection for something that looks like the star of a low-budget horror movie, but your garden has few better friends.
It can be easy to mistake friendly tenderness and affection for something more serious, so you may want to avoid this entirely by keeping things very non-serious in your card.
The topic might involve love or hatred, deep affection for someone or something, nature, (for instance, trees), or even parts of the body, such as feet or eyes.
To have another human being show affection for you – it was something I'd never had".
After a performance like this, public respect for Murray will assuredly become true affection – and, as such, it will count for something.
The film required him to take a beating, something his affection for what he called "pathetic boxing" prepared him for.
Does his proclaimed affection for the music perhaps have something to do with the brainwashing that intimate and prolonged exposure to anything might entail?
If you do, then instead of worrying about the correct amount of money to spend on the gift (for which there is no guideline other than your budget and your affection for the couple), think of something they might enjoy after the wedding.
In those moments, one can see internal flashes of yearning that evidence Eliza's genuine hunger for male affection; something rarely depicted in productions of My Fair Lady.
People who have an affinity for something use terms that convey their affection.
