affective

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /əˈfɛktɪv/ UK /əˈfɛktɪv/ See IPA manual

adj

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1

adj
relating to moods, feelings, and emotions

The disorder produced a marked affective flatness in the patient.

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Synonyms

1 adj · relating to moods,... emotional emotive feeling sentimental

Opposites

cognitiveunemotionalintellectual

Word family

Derived forms affectivelyaffectivity

Related forms affect affection affected affecting

Etymology

From Medieval Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus ('disposition, feeling, state of mind'), past participle of afficere ('to act upon'), from ad ('to') + facere ('to do, make').

affectivus Latin facere Latin

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# affective

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** əˈfɛktɪv
**IPA (UK):** əˈfɛktɪv

## Meanings
1. relating to moods, feelings, and emotions

## Examples
- The disorder produced a marked affective flatness in the patient.

## Synonyms
- emotional
- emotive
- feeling
- sentimental

## Antonyms
- cognitive
- unemotional
- intellectual

## Derived Forms
- affectively
- affectivity

## Related Forms
- affect
- affection
- affected
- affecting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: affectivus
- Root: facere

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus ('disposition, feeling, state of mind'), past participle of afficere ('to act upon'), from ad ('to') + facere ('to do, make').

## AI Etymology
Affective is from Medieval Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus ('disposition, feeling, state of mind'), past participle of afficere ('to act upon'), from ad ('to') + facere ('to do, make'). Important recorded forms include affectivus (Latin) and facere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers relating to moods, feelings, and emotions. The wider family includes derived forms such as affectively and affectivity and related words such as affect, affection, affected, and affecting.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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