affective
[af-ek-tiv]
adjective
of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional.
causing emotion or feeling.
Origin of affective
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emotional, feeling, intuitive, visceral, emotive, noncognitive, perceptualExamples from the Web for affective
Contemporary Examples of affective
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.
Historical Examples of affective
These feelings are the affective basis of the idea of nationalism.
The Psychology of NationsG.E. Partridge
It is an aspect of the whole process of development of the affective life.
The Psychology of NationsG.E. Partridge
A third class within this category is that of affective qualities and affections.
The CategoriesAristotle
In like manner there are affective qualities and affections of the soul.
The CategoriesAristotle
All association with an affective basis is strictly excluded.
Essay on the Creative ImaginationTh. Ribot
affective
adjective
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affective
[ə-fĕk′tĭv]
adj.
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