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flat afÂ·fect. 1  absence of or diminution in the amount of emotional tone or outward emotional reaction typically shown by oneself or others under similar circumstances; a milder form is termed blunted affect.
constricted affect restricted affect. flat affect lack of emotional expression. inappropriate affect affect that is incongruent with the situation or with the content of a patient's ideas or speech. labile affect that characterized by rapid changes in emotion unrelated to external events or stimuli.restricted affect reduction in the intensity of affect, to a somewhat lesser degree than is characteristic of blunted affect.abile affect that characterized by rapid changes in emotion unrelated to external events or stimuli.