affective

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈfɛktɪv/

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• Homophone: effective (weak vowel merger)
• Rhymes: -ɛktɪv

Adjective

affective (comparative more affective, superlative most affective)

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

Derived terms

• 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

Related terms

• affect
• affectation
• affecter
• affection
• affectionate

Translations

relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions

Catalan: afectiu Czech: afektivní (cs), emoční Danish: følelsesladet, affektiv Esperanto: afekcia Finnish: affektiivinen (fi), liikuttunut, tunteellinen (fi) Norwegian: Bokmål: affektiv (no) Nynorsk: affektiv Persian: عاطفی (fa) ('âtefi) Polish: afektywny (pl) Portuguese: afetivo (pt) Romanian: afectiv (ro) Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj) Serbo-Croatian: afektivan (sh) Spanish: afectivo (es)

emotional; emotionally charged

Catalan: afectiu Czech: afektivní (cs), emotivní (cs) Finnish: affektiivinen (fi), tunteellinen (fi), tunnepitoinen Polish: afektywny (pl) Romanian: emoțional (ro), afectiv (ro) Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj) Spanish: afectivo (es)

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See also

• effective
• cognitive
• motor

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

affective

1. feminine singular of affectif

Latin

Adjective

affectīve

1. vocative masculine singular of affectīvus