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affective labor

affective labor noun: work carried out in order to produce a specific emotional response in people.

Noun

affective labor (uncountable)

  1. Work carried out in order to produce a specific emotional response in people.

Forms of affective labor

alternative formaffective labour

Questions about affective labor

What does affective labor mean?
Affective labor means work carried out in order to produce a specific emotional response in people.
What part of speech is affective labor?
Affective labor is a noun.

Words near affective labor in the dictionary

  1. affectiously
  2. affective
  3. affective computing
  4. affective disorder
  5. affective disorders
  6. affective labor
  7. affective partisan polarization
  8. affectively
  9. affectiveness
  10. affectivities
  11. affectivity

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