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emotional intelligence

emotional intelligence noun: the ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups.

Noun

emotional intelligence (countable and uncountable, plural emotional intelligences)

  1. The ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups.
    • The concepts of emotional intelligence (EI), self-worth, authenticity and employee meditation rooms might conjure up thoughts of new age healing centers.2011 November 9, Susanne Gargiulo, “Emotional intelligence in the workplace”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    EI

emotional intelligence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

emotional intelligence in Hindi

ability
संवेगात्मक बुद्धि samvegātmak buddhi

emotional intelligence in Tamil

ability
உணர்வுசார் நுண்ணறிவு uṇarvucār nuṇṇaṟivu

emotional intelligence in Kannada

ability
ಭಾವನಾತ್ಮಕ ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತಿಕೆ bhāvanātmaka buddhivantike

emotional intelligence in Indonesian

ability
kecerdasan emosional
More languagesFewer languages
emotional intelligence in Persian
هوش هیجانی
emotional intelligence in Thai
ความฉลาดทางอารมณ์
emotional intelligence in Vietnamese
trí tuệ xúc cảm

Synonyms of emotional intelligence

Forms of emotional intelligence

pluralemotional intelligences

Questions about emotional intelligence

What does emotional intelligence mean?
Emotional intelligence means the ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups.
What is emotional intelligence in Hindi?
Emotional intelligence in Hindi is संवेगात्मक बुद्धि (samvegātmak buddhi). See Emotional intelligence meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is emotional intelligence?
Emotional intelligence is a noun.
What is the plural of emotional intelligence?
The plural of emotional intelligence is emotional intelligences.

Words near emotional intelligence in the dictionary

  1. emotional cripples
  2. emotional eating
  3. emotional hardcore
  4. emotional incontinence
  5. emotional incontinences
  6. emotional intelligence
  7. emotional intelligences
  8. emotional lability
  9. emotional labor
  10. emotional labour
  11. emotional pivot

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