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Affective

//əˈfɛktɪv// adj

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

Etymology

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

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