The phrase "affliction on" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It is not commonly used and may lead to confusion; a more appropriate phrase would be "affliction of" or "affliction with."
Example: "He suffered from the affliction of chronic pain."
Alternatives: "suffering from" or "burdened by".
"I almost understand why God laid this affliction on him," the judge said to Dr. Hudson.
He said he was born an addict and doesn't blame his affliction on the trajectory of his life.
For most N.B.A. teams, slow first-quarter starts are an affliction on par with minor injuries or mid-winter losing streaks; they're inevitable, even if you'd prefer they didn't happen.
While many of the hotels built in Gran Canaria in the 1960s and 1970s could be considered an affliction on the landscape, the Seaside Palm Beach positively embraces its roots.
I do know that I would not wish this affliction on my worst enemy, and of course I would prefer not to wear holes in the carpet of my mind.
A few Tartuffes would see the children writhe and heave in pain and then wring their hands in self-congratulatory piety and wonder why a good God would send such a terrible affliction on the innocent surely he must have a plan!
In a time of unprecedented scientific, medical and technological advances, we are without an antibiotic capable of ridding our bodies, minds and souls from a raging virus, an autoimmune affliction brought on by a pervasive and consistent refusal to BE who we are and to Know what we know.
What I learnt was that feelings of worthlessness or other such feelings were mental afflictions brought on by past words or actions that had seared themselves in our subconscious minds.
Unexpected wireless charges are a chronic affliction of life on the grid.
And no one underrates the impact of these afflictions on prospective volunteers.
Tragedy must maintain a balance between the higher optimisms of religion or philosophy, or any other beliefs that tend to explain away the enigmas and afflictions of existence, on the one hand, and the pessimism that would reject the whole human experiment as valueless and futile on the other.
