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affective
[ af-ek-tiv ]
adjective
- of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional.
- causing emotion or feeling.
affective
/ ˌæfɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ; əˈfɛktɪv /
adjective
- psychol relating to affects
- concerned with or arousing the emotions or affection
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Derived Forms
- affectivity, noun
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Other Words From
- affec·tive·ly adverb
- af·fec·tiv·i·ty [af-ek-, tiv, -i-tee], noun
- nonaf·fective adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of affective1
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Example Sentences
Studies show seasonal affective disorder is four times more common in women than men.
They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity.
Instead, it turned out to be richly perceptual and affective.
The repetitive nature of his work is both effective and affective, especially in an exhibition of this scale.
Ariel Leve on why seasonal affective disorder does a disservice to those of us committed to year-round despair.
But the affective or appetitive powers tend towards external action.
The students of Religion have usually been content to describe it either in intellectual or in affective terms.
The passionate vehemence with which her words were uttered was affective.
Our work as educators will be to maintain a working harmony in the affective and instinctive life of the people.
Volition is here used in the wider sense, as including all motor and affective activities in mind.
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