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AFFLICTIVE
afflictive, painful, sore
(adjective) causing misery or pain or distress; “it was a sore trial to him”; “the painful process of growing up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
afflictive (comparative more afflictive, superlative most afflictive)
That causes physical or mental pain.
Source: Wiktionary
Af*flic"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. afflictif.]
Definition: Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing. "Jove's afflictive hand." Pope. Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain. Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
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