affective
2 synonyms for affective, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Connected with feelings or emotion.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
affectional
emotive
Etymology
Comes from Medieval Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus, the past participle of afficere (“to affect”). On the surface it analyses as affect + -ive.
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