Meanings
nounaffectivity (countable and uncountable, plural affectivities)
plural affectivities
- countableuncountableAn 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
Translations
Czech emocionálnost
- emocionálnostability to experience affects
Danish affektlabilitet
- affektlabilitetability to experience affects
Finnish tunneherkkyys
- tunneherkkyysability to experience affects
Indonesian afektivitas
- afektivitasability to experience affects
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with affectivity
activityrelativitynativityreflectivityproclivityprivitynormativityallonormativitybinormativitycisheteronormativitycisnormativitydescriptivityhectivityheteronormativityhomonormativityprescriptivitysnacktivitytransnormativity
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affectivity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affectivity
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“affectivity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affectivity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affectivity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affectivity.
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