What does "emotional intelligence" mean?

The ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups.

Emotional intelligence

Q: What is a synonym for "emotional intelligence"?

Common synonyms include: affective training, affectively intelligent, emotional aptitude, emotional assessment, emotional competence, emotional intelligence based.

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Noun

1
The ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups. countable, uncountable
"The concepts of emotional intelligence (EI), self-worth, authenticity and employee meditation rooms might conjure up thoughts of new age healing centers."
2
the ability to monitor one's own and other people's emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior. wordnet

Synonyms

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affective training affectively intelligent emotional aptitude emotional assessment emotional competence emotional intelligence based

Antonyms

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affective detachment emotional detachment emotional ignorance emotional insensitivity

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"The concepts of emotional intelligence (EI), self-worth, authenticity and employee meditation rooms might conjure up thoughts of new age healing centers."

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