Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mental faculty concerned in the emotions, affections, and sentiments; the affective power of the mind.
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- noun The ability or tendency to experience (positive or negative) feelings, and to react to them.
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Examples
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Instead, a rationalistic view of reality prevails over an affectivity which is weak and ultimately unpersuasive.
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Instead, a rationalistic view of reality prevails over an affectivity which is weak and ultimately unpersuasive.
Archive 2007-05-01 Fred 2007
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Perhaps more subtly considered the "JPII priest" attrition is simply a recent example of the perennial struggle for the celibate priest in his affectivity and relationships, in his heart and most especially in his spousal and paternal love.
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A nice finding indeed, but we cannot infer that smiling produced these benefits; perhaps both the smiling and the psychological benefits reflect a genetic predisposition underlying the personality traits of agreeableness and "positive affectivity."
And the Whole World . . . Carol Tavris 2011
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Perhaps more subtly considered the "JPII priest" attrition is simply a recent example of the perennial struggle for the celibate priest in his affectivity and relationships, in his heart and most especially in his spousal and paternal love.
Pope John Paul II 2009
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As Benedict XVI said, 'Marian piety will always stand within the tension between theological rationality and believing affectivity.'
Apologetics 2009
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Even though my vision for the affectivity of the song was clear from the beginning, I wasn't pleased with any iteration of the song we tried over the course of several months.
Mike Ragogna: Do You Feel Like We Do: Chats with Peter Frampton, Lenka, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, and William Fitzsimmons Mike Ragogna 2011
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Even though my vision for the affectivity of the song was clear from the beginning, I wasn't pleased with any iteration of the song we tried over the course of several months.
Mike Ragogna: Do You Feel Like We Do: Chats with Peter Frampton, Lenka, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, and William Fitzsimmons Mike Ragogna 2011
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Even though my vision for the affectivity of the song was clear from the beginning, I wasn't pleased with any iteration of the song we tried over the course of several months.
Mike Ragogna: Do You Feel Like We Do: Chats with Peter Frampton, Lenka, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, and William Fitzsimmons Mike Ragogna 2011
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Even though my vision for the affectivity of the song was clear from the beginning, I wasn't pleased with any iteration of the song we tried over the course of several months.
Mike Ragogna: Do You Feel Like We Do: Chats with Peter Frampton, Lenka, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, and William Fitzsimmons Mike Ragogna 2011
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