affective
adjective
Examples of affective in a Sentence
Sam Adeyemi, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Not only would the world lose out on a few great laughs, but under the right circumstances, humor can be quite affective.
—Christian Stadler, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Brene Brown The Antidote Self-compassion is an effective intervention to reduce the severity of maladaptive affective behaviors in response to difficult everyday situations and stressful events that can facilitate recovery from adversity.
—Colleen Reilly, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
My daily affective state is one of great despair about the incredible destructive forces at work in this world — not only at the level of climate.
—David Marchese Photo Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2024
Seated next to a guitarist in the video, McRae gives an affective vocal performance (through a Spotify-green microphone) of the pop song's lyrics, which chronicle a fraught romantic relationship that's destined to end but doesn't.
—Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
That undermines democratic stability, said Julien Labarre, a researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara who has studied affective polarization.
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
So much lingers between these affective relationships, so many types of tensions are built in an emotional relation and to me sexuality cuts across all these levels.
—Emiliano Granada, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
After John sings several verses and is eventually joined by McCartney, the song culminates into an extremely emotionally affective track, as they’re backed by grand orchestral strings and a guitar solo.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
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Word History
Middle English affectif, borrowed from Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin affectīvus, from Latin affectus, past participle of afficere "to produce an effect on, exert an influence on" + -īvus -ive — more at affect entry 1
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Affective.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affective. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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