affective
adj/əˈfɛktɪv/
Etymology From Medieval Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus, past participle of afficere (“to affect”). By surface analysis, affect + -ive.
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, effective, cognitive, motor