affiliativeadj.

1841 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 10 126 Parsodes, or Phrazad, being an affiliative epithet given him from his father Phraortes.

1865 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 1 234 Barak, or Barkat, may possibly be used alone, and the following word may be the affiliative term Bin.

1913 Sc. Hist. Rev. 10 231 But the latter having never acquired the affiliative prefix Mac- retained as its patronymic its original foreign style of the article—‘an Siosalach’.

1992 M. R. Bhacker Trade & Empire in Muscat & Zanzibar Introd. p. xxvii Some have been obliged to describe themselves in a tribal fashion, thus giving rise to nisbas (clan or locality affiliative name).

1861 L. F. Liesching Brief Acct. Ceylon vi. 131 Budhism is latitudinarian and affiliative. Hinduism is conservative and exclusive.

1875 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Apr. 697/1 Our institutions have made us the most affiliative people known to history.

1906 C. C. Hall Christ & Human Race i. 42 The thought of the West, the sympathies of the West, the affiliative instincts of the West, have been held in reserve with a caution blended of distrust, contempt, and self-satisfaction.

1950 P. A. Sorokin Altruistic Love Index 248/1 Affiliative tendencies.

1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. ii. 25 Affiliative motivation is the drive to seek close, warm and intimate social situations, to be accepted and liked by others.

1978 S. Duck Study of Acquaintance ii. 46 Affiliative behaviour will clearly..be beneficial to the species.

1989 Computerworld (Nexis) 23 Jan. 21 Inevitably, the boss' attitude shifts from affiliative to aloof.

2004 G. R. Wainwright Headless Chickens, Laidback Bears iii. xxv. 154 Motivation is the main factor in the choice of social skills and styles. It is known that extroverts have stronger affiliative needs than others.