- affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmheartedness - a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"
--1 is a kind of feeling
--1 has particulars:attachment, fond regard; protectiveness; regard, respect; soft spot - affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth - a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
--2 is a kind of emotionality, emotionalism
--2 has particulars: tenderness; uxoriousness