affective
Pertaining to feelings
Affective relates to emotions, moods, and feelings—the realm of affect rather than intellect.
The term appears most often in psychology and related fields: affective disorders, affective response, affective computing.
Where emotional is the everyday word, affective is the clinical or academic one: The study measured participants' affective states before and after the intervention.
Complex psychological state
- feelingSensed inner state
- sentimentFelt attitude or view
- empathySharing another's emotions
- compassionConcern for others' distress
warmth · tenderness · sensitivity · heartfelt · caring · attachment · fondness · devotion
Mental knowledge acquisition
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- valenceCombining power measure
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
attachment · psychodynamics · behaviorism · neuroscience · psychotherapy · mentalization · personality · developmental
Gaseous layer around planets
- ambianceMood of surroundings
- toneQuality of sound
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- vibeIntuitive sense of mood
aura · temperament · disposition · state · coloring · quality · character · tenor
Inherent character or arrangement
- inclinationDisposition toward something
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- tendencyInclination toward a behavior
- leaningTendency toward something
partiality · preference · propensity · proclivity · orientation · attitude · stance · valence
Arousing strong feelings
- demonstrativeOpenly showing emotions
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
animated · communicative · eloquent · articulate · gestural · intonation · prosody · inflection
emotion
Complex psychological state
compassion · warmth · tenderness · sensitivity · heartfelt · caring · attachment · fondness · devotion · sympathy
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- valenceCombining power measure
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
temperament · attachment · psychodynamics · behaviorism · neuroscience · psychotherapy · mentalization · personality · developmental · cognitive
atmosphere
Gaseous layer around planets
vibe · aura · temperament · disposition · state · coloring · quality · character · tenor · undercurrent
disposition
Inherent character or arrangement
- inclinationDisposition toward something
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- tendencyInclination toward a behavior
leaning · partiality · preference · propensity · proclivity · orientation · attitude · stance · valence · polarization
emotive
Arousing strong feelings
- demonstrativeOpenly showing emotions
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
dramatic · animated · communicative · eloquent · articulate · gestural · intonation · prosody · inflection · vocalization
- phrenologycraniology, acquisitiveness, adhesiveness, benevolence, cautiousness
affectivecognitive
Relating to thinking
rational · intellectual · analytical · logical · cerebral
affectiveunemotional
Lacking outward feeling
emotionless · unfeeling · affectless · soulless · cold
- public display of affectionRomantic acts in open
- deep affectionIntense emotional attachment
- motherly affectionTender care from one's female parent
- withholding affectionDeliberately denying emotional warmth
- public affectionRomantic display among strangers
- seasonal affective disorderLight-linked recurring depression
affecting, affection, affectionate, disaffection, affections