affective

You might be confusing the word affective with effective. These words are commonly misused.

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əˈfɛktɪv/

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• Hyphenation: af‧fec‧tive
• Homophone: effective

Adjective

Positive affective

Comparative more affective

Superlative most affective

1. (psychology) An affective response, domain, disorder, etc is one that relates to the emotions.

   We explored the cognitive and affective responses of parents of youth ice hockey players to the change.

Usage

• This is commonly confused with effective.

Related words

• affect
• affectively