affective
Americanadjective
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of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional.
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causing emotion or feeling.
adjective
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psychol relating to affects
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concerned with or arousing the emotions or affection
Other Word Forms
- affectively adverb
- affectivity noun
- nonaffective adjective
Etymology
Origin of affective
1540–50; from Medieval Latin affectīvus, equivalent to Latin affect(us) (action noun; affect 1 ) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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The 27-year-old data scientist struggles with seasonal affective disorder, meaning January can be tough, but she has found ways to counter it.
From BBC
Of these participants, 259 had schizophrenia and 177 had affective disorders that included bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder with psychosis.
From Science Daily
"Targeting these specific neural circuits could become an effective and more localized strategy to treat affective disorders," Lerma concludes.
From Science Daily
The inquest heard that Maria Morris, who worked as a teaching assistant, had bi-polar affective disorder.
From BBC
Are you in any of the affective areas?
From BBC
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