non-affectiveadj.
/ˌnɒnəˈfɛktɪv/, U.S. /ˌnɑnəˈfɛktɪv/, /ˌnɑnæˈfɛktɪv/ Chiefly Psychology and Psychiatry.
Not related to or involving emotions or mood; spec. designating psychological disorders which are not characterized by disturbance of mood (cf. affective adj. 1b).
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the mind > emotion > [adjective] > in psychology
affective1876
non-affective1890
affectual1923
1890 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 3 19 Imperative representations (of a non-affective character) are rarely met with in neurasthenia.
1912 S. S. Colvin Learning Process xvii. 258 We have states of strong emotional excitement,..while, on the other hand, we may have states of calm deliberation and consideration that seem cold, colorless, and non-affective.
1962 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Feb. 488/2 It would not be any easier to confirm or reject Roth's conclusions which led him to name certain types of non-affective psychoses in the elderly schizophrenia.
1992 D. C. Clark & S. L. Horton-Deutsch in R. W. Maris Assessm. & Predict. of Suicide viii. 155 Young persons with a major mood disorder and concomitant nonaffective illness have a worse prognosis than peers with an uncomplicated mood disorder.
2005 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A 102 18653 Human studies contrasting affective and nonaffective features of drug withdrawal suggest that..alleviation of negative affect may play a primary role in sustaining continued drug abuse.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1890