Affinitive

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Closely connected, as by affinity.

    "Subjects were selected on the basis of 'affinitive' relationships, a notion which is defeined by Maisonneuve (1966; Maisonneuve & Lamy, 1993) as reciprocal choices associated with shared emotional satisfaction."

  2. 2
    Tending to bond with.

    "The presence in the blood and fluids of the body of the dominant toxin, for which strophanthin is chemically affinitive, debilitiates the contractile force of muscle, and more especially unstriped muscle fibre."

Etymology

From affinity + -ive.

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