The phrase "affectionate display" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a physical or emotional expression of love or fondness between individuals, often in a romantic or familial context.
Example: "The couple shared an affectionate display as they walked hand in hand through the park."
Alternatives: "loving gesture" or "tender expression".
Leila Collins, a psychotherapist and principal lecturer at Middlesex University, believes that affectionate displays are increasingly rare.
Yet he could be genuinely affectionate and display real family feeling.
In one scene Mr. Mackie and Mr. Renner trade stomach punches in a ritualistic display of affectionate aggression that looks as if it will end in either sex or murder, and Ms. Bigelow's insight is that the tense comradeship of soldiers rests, often tenuously, on barely suppressed erotic and homicidal impulses.
The result was a series of highly regarded trio albums - featuring powerful partners like bassist George Mraz and drummer Elvin Jones - displaying his affectionate insights into standard material, the legacy of bebop as refracted by Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and drawing on an encyclo- paedic knowledge of fine songs, from evergreens to the overlooked.
Edward's father, though a harsh disciplinarian, was demonstrably affectionate, and his mother displayed a frolicsome side with her children that belied her austere public image.
The tifosi and the Italian press, who did not always take to Schumacher's relatively cold public persona, displayed an affectionate response after he announced his retirement.
Owners of these dogs display the same affectionate qualities as their pups.
If you are usually not affectionate, ramp up the public displays of affection to embarrass your mother and father on Halloween.
No question: he was as camp as custard, signing letters, in purple ink, "from your affectionate little fairy friend, Sylvie", and displaying such effeminacy that to some of his students he was "Louisa Caroline".
