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emotional competence

emotional competence noun: the quality of a person’s emotional response to any situation and how well they motivate a person towards beneficial responses.

Noun

emotional competence (countable and uncountable, plural emotional competences)

  1. The quality of a person’s emotional response to any situation and how well they motivate a person towards beneficial responses.

Forms of emotional competence

pluralemotional competences

Questions about emotional competence

What does emotional competence mean?
Emotional competence means the quality of a person’s emotional response to any situation and how well they motivate a person towards beneficial responses.
What part of speech is emotional competence?
Emotional competence is a noun.
What is the plural of emotional competence?
The plural of emotional competence is emotional competences.

Words near emotional competence in the dictionary

  1. emotional affair
  2. emotional affairs
  3. emotional age
  4. emotional ages
  5. emotional blackmail
  6. emotional competence
  7. emotional cripple
  8. emotional cripples
  9. emotional eating
  10. emotional hardcore
  11. emotional incontinence

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