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| Main Entry: |
affective
 [af-ek-tiv] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning feelings and intuition |
| Synonyms: | emotional, emotive, feeling, intuitive, noncognitive, perceptual, visceral |
| Main Entry: | emotive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emotional |
| Synonyms: | affectional, affective, heartwarming, moving, stirring, touching |
| Notes: | emotional means 'affected by an emotion' while emotive means 'drawing out or evoking emotion' |
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Example Sentences
- The sunlight emanates from light boxes designed to treat seasonal affective disorder.
- One form of depression, seasonal affective disorder, is tightly linked with winter.
- The theories run the gamut ranging from personality disorders to affective disorders to psychotic disorders.
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