The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Affective \Af*fec"tive\, a. [Cf. F. affectif.] 1. Tending to affect; affecting. [Obs.] --Burnet. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to or exciting emotion; affectional; emotional. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
affective adj 1: characterized by emotion [syn: affectional, affective, emotive]