affectivity

An ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc.

Noun

  1. An ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc.
    • At the same time, the kinds of affectivities evoked in us, such as fear and gratitude, also depend partly on how we envision and interpret the objects in question.

Origin

Etymology tree English affective Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English affectivity From affective + -ity.

Forms

affectivities

Derived

homoaffectivity