affective

[af-ek-tiv]

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adjective

of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional.
causing emotion or feeling.

Origin of affective

1540–50; < Medieval Latin affectīvus, equivalent to Latin affect(us) (action noun; see affect¹) + -īvus -ive

Related formsaf·fec·tive·ly, adverbaf·fec·tiv·i·ty

[af-ek-tiv-i-tee] /ˌæf ɛkˈtɪv ɪ ti/, nounnon·af·fec·tive, adjective

Can be confusedaffective effective (see synonym study at effective)

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Related Words for affective

emotional, feeling, intuitive, visceral, emotive, noncognitive, perceptual

Examples from the Web for affective

Contemporary Examples of affective

Instead, it turned out to be richly perceptual and affective.
A Silence Worth 1,000 Pictures
Blake Gopnik
September 20, 2013
The repetitive nature of his work is both effective and affective, especially in an exhibition of this scale.
Keith Haring’s Public, Political Art at Paris’s Musée D’Art Moderne
Alice Cavanagh
April 19, 2013

Historical Examples of affective

These feelings are the affective basis of the idea of nationalism.
The Psychology of Nations
G.E. Partridge
It is an aspect of the whole process of development of the affective life.
The Psychology of Nations
G.E. Partridge
A third class within this category is that of affective qualities and affections.
The Categories
Aristotle
In like manner there are affective qualities and affections of the soul.
The Categories
Aristotle
All association with an affective basis is strictly excluded.
Essay on the Creative Imagination
Th. Ribot

British Dictionary definitions for affective

affective

adjective

psychol relating to affects
concerned with or arousing the emotions or affection

Derived Formsaffectivity (ˌæfɛkˈtɪvɪtɪ) or affectiveness, noun

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affective in Medicine

affective

[ə-fĕk′tĭv]

adj.

Concerned with or arousing feelings or emotions; emotional.
Influenced by or resulting from the emotions, as of a psychological disorder.