nonafflicted

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English

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Etymology

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non- +‎ afflicted

Adjective

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nonafflicted (not comparable)

  1. Not afflicted; unafflicted.
    • 1998, Ian Whicher, The Integrity of the Yoga Darśana, page 127:
      In intervals between afflicted ones, there are nonafflicted ones; in intervals between nonafflicted ones are located afflicted ones.
    • 2006, Stuart R. Gillespie, AIDS, Poverty, and Hunger: Challenges and Responses, page 156:
      Yet because nonafflicted households are likely to be indirectly affected by the mortality occurring around them, nonafflicted households may not be a valid control group.
    • 2022, Laura K. Guerrero, ‎Bree McEwan, Interpersonal Encounters: Connecting Through Communication:
      INC assumes that the functional or nonafflicted partner is in some way dependent on the relationship with the afflicted partner.
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