affectional
1
7.4
- adjective
- /əˈfɛkʃənl/
:
afectivo
- She expressed her affectional feelings through kind gestures and thoughtful words.
- affectional satisfaction
Examples
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Attachment refers to an enduring affectional bond characterized by mutual trust, support, and emotional connection (Armsden & Greenberg, 1987).
Academic text (2005) -
Children often seek affectional support from their parents when they are upset.
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The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds—more advice than I knew what to do with.
Fiction book (1993) -
Likewise, extended Chippewa family groups banded together to meet affectional and material needs (Barnouw, 7).
Academic text (1997) -
In the name of multiculturalism and diversity, the university has promoted and subsidized the cultivation of separate national, ethnic, sexual, racial, and affectional identities.
Academic text (1992) -
Even some married elderly couples have minimal intimacy—sexual or affectional—in their relationship.
Academic text (1994) -
It consists of 32 items measuring four dimensions of marital satisfaction: dyadic consensus, satisfaction, cohesion, and affectional expression.
Academic text (1994) -
As I have written elsewhere (Tharinger & Wells, 2000), Bowlby's theory of attachment provides a way to conceptualize the propensity of human beings to make strong affectional bonds to significant others to promote human survival.
Academic text (2008) -
The affectional connection between the two friends grew stronger over time.
Synonyms
535
2.1
Showing strong feelings that are easy to see
223
1.0
Like someone or something in a warm way
165
4.5
Having strong warm feelings about people or things from the past, often too emotional
56
2.2
To show warm, loving feelings to someone
41
1.0
To feel deep care for someone or enjoy something very much
10
6.0
Causes strong feelings, often sadness or joy
9
8.3
Showing tender affection in public or toward someone close
8
6.8
Relating to feelings or emotions
5
8.3
Being very loving and sweet in a way that feels too romantic
4
3.1
Showing deep love and admiration for someone or something
Feeling close to someone or something
Warm and gentle in a way that makes people want to care for it
Antonyms
How Affectionate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Affectional comes from affection, which comes from an old Latin word meaning 'a feeling' or 'state of the heart'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of affection as a warm feeling that 'affects' you inside, so affectional describes things that are about those warm feelings.