English Explanatory Dictionary

affective

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
  2. Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.

Pronunciation

/əˈfɛktɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-affective.wav

Word forms

affective more affective most affective

Etymology

From Medieval Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus, past participle of afficere (“to affect”). By surface analysis, affect + -ive.

Related words

affect affectation affecter affection affectionate effective cognitive motor

Derived words

affective computing affective disorder affective labor affectively affectiveness affective partisan polarization affectivity cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome homoaffective neuroaffective nonaffective psychoaffective schizoaffective seasonal affective disorder socioaffective subaffective
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