public affection

collocation in English

meaningsofpublicandaffection

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public
adjective
uk
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us
/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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affection
noun
uk
/əˈfek.ʃən/us
/əˈfek.ʃən/
a feeling of liking for a person ...
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(Definition ofpublicandaffectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpublic affection

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A few ideas, like planting forests, had obvious merit, while others, like the wobbly bridge, have now been fixed and found their way intopublicaffection.
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The fact that one is satirised is the clearest indication that one has arrived and is working one's way intopublicaffectionand respect.
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Thepublicaffectionand support for it is well justified.
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Mentally disordered offenders are not a group who inspire greatpublicaffection.
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I know that there is hugepublicaffectionfor them.
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Firemen have always held a very special place inpublicaffection.
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Despite the greatpublicaffectionfor these railways very few were successful.
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The boys seem very reluctant to showpublicaffectionhowever.
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Instead, their relationship is referred to and makes presence in the series through slightly more subtle ways other than blatantpublicaffection.
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Publicaffectionis not allowed regardless of relationship status.
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We begin our public affections in our families.
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To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections.
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Some of the complementary and alternative medicine professions have begun making the improvements that they need to secure a more lasting place in public affections.
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This repression of public affections persisted until the 1990s.
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