Affectual

/əˈfɛktʃuəl/ adjective

Definition

Relating to or involving emotions and feelings rather than intellectual reasoning.

Etymology

Derived from Latin 'affectus' (emotional state, feeling) with the suffix '-ual' (relating to). This formal adjective is rarely used in modern English, having been largely replaced by 'affective.'

Kelly Says

English keeps accumulating synonyms for similar concepts—'affectual,' 'affective,' 'emotional,' and 'sentimental' all describe feelings, but some get abandoned while others survive, depending on how efficient they are in modern usage.

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