affective
adjective
af·fec·tive
a-ˈfek-tiv 
1
: relating to, arising from, or influencing feelings or emotions : emotional
cognitive and affective symptoms
the novel's affective death scene
2
: expressing emotion
affective language
behaviors that elicit affective reactions
affectively
adverb
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The process of cultivating future leaders—equipped with the gamut of skills, from communicative and interpretive to affective and perceptual, needed to lead proactive collaboration—is no different.
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Lynette Tan, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The affective and autobiographical connections between the artist and curator were explicitly acknowledged at certain points in the show.
—Mateus Nunes, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
If an artwork’s affective power derives from the artist’s biography rather than the work, then self-expression is redundant; when the self is more important than the expression, true culture becomes impossible.
—Dean Kissick, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
What are the ethical issues in affective computing?
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Oct. 2019
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Lynette Tan, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The affective and autobiographical connections between the artist and curator were explicitly acknowledged at certain points in the show.
—Mateus Nunes, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024
If an artwork’s affective power derives from the artist’s biography rather than the work, then self-expression is redundant; when the self is more important than the expression, true culture becomes impossible.
—Dean Kissick, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
What are the ethical issues in affective computing?
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Oct. 2019
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affective
adjective
af·fec·tive
a-ˈfek-tiv
: relating to, arising from, or influencing feelings or emotions : emotional
affective symptoms
affectively
adverb
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