impactful

English

Etymology

From impact +‎ -ful

Adjective

impactful (comparative more impactful, superlative most impactful)

1. Having impact.
   • 1950, Movies: A Psychological Study^[1], edition Digitized, Free Press, published 2008, page 22:

     We might suppose that some of the most impactful heroines of current films would combine these two functions: that of the good-bad girl ...

   • 1969, W. James Popham, "Curriculum Materials," Review of Educational Research, vol. 39, no. 3, p. 321:

     It is strongly recommended that in the future such investigations not be reported in the literature unless they are designed to test the effects of some hopefully impactful treatment variation.

   • 1982, S. E. Taylor and S. C. Thompson, "Stalking the Elusive 'Vividness' Effect," Psychological Bulletin, vol. 89, no. 2, p. 155:

     Everyone knows that vividly presented information is impactful and persuasive.

   • 2001, A. Mukherjee and W. D. Hoyer, "The Effect of Novel Attributes on Product Evaluation," The Journal of Consumer Research, vol. 28, no. 3, p. 463:

     A dominant finding in psychology and consumer behavior has been that negative information is more impactful than positive information.

Usage notes

• Often considered nonstandard, but numerous usages can be found in recent journalistic writing and academic literature.

Synonyms

• effectual, impactive

References

• "impactful" at OneLook® Dictionary Search.