affectional

IPA: ʌfˈɛkʃʌnʌɫ

Examples of "affectional" in Sentences

The term affectional orientation is used as a generalization of sexual orientation.
"I wish you wouldn't feel so badly, Aileen," he said, with a kind of affectional protest.
“I wish you wouldn’t feel so badly, Aileen,” he said, with a kind of affectional protest.
Even if the people in question have Same Sex Attraction (Gay sexual/affectional identity)?
I have sat in amazement at the silence of Hip Hop as young gay men and some women, both black and white, kill themselves in response to being bullied because of their sexual orientation or affectional preference.
Polyamory prides itself on “multiple loves” but we fight and squabble over whether to “count” platonic affectional relationships; monogamy prides itself on fidelity and pretends that the only intimacy that matters is physical.
We need to tell people that post-Freudian psychology, and more recently neurobiology, uncovered the importance of the relationship between the individual and the environment for the cognitive development of the brain, in order to create a safe affectional base -- which can guarantee the development of both our maturity and our autonomy.