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affective

[af-ek-tiv] / ˈæf ɛk tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
concerning feelings and intuition
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Information from the report also showed that misinformation is being spread regularly on social media, including harmful information about how sun cream contains toxic chemicals and how natural alternatives are just as affective.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Participants with schizophrenia also consumed more coffee on average than participants with affective disorders.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

The FBI has shared photos of the small drone which on Thursday collided with a plane known as a "Super Scooper", one of the world's most affective firefighting aircrafts, briefly grounding it.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

On top of this endorsement of irony, Berlant also theorized a post-irony characterized by meaningful sincerity, allowing us to patch or bridge the affective conflicts of public life that can’t be resolved through ironic detachment.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

Interestingly, there is often an affective connection between music and the emotions, and musical intelligence may share common thinking processes with mathematical intelligence.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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