Emotional Intelligence Language

Vocabulary for feedback, conflict repair, and trust-building conversations.

Use this topic to improve communication quality when stakes are interpersonal and emotional.

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EQ language sequence

High-EQ conversations move from recognition to understanding to forward action.

  • Name the concern.
  • Clarify intent and impact.
  • Agree one concrete next step.

Avoid emotional escalation

Certain phrases trigger defensiveness and reduce problem-solving capacity.

  • Avoid absolute language.
  • Avoid mind-reading assumptions.
  • Replace blame with observable facts.

Core Vocabulary In This Topic

acknowledge

To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.

Also: take, hold, face, figure

validate

Valid, validated.

Also: pass, check, back, support

clarify
formalsupport

To make or become clear or bright by freeing from impurities or turbidity.

Also: light, clear, crack, show

repair

The act of repairing something.

Also: run, turn, pass, go

boundary

The dividing line or location between two areas.

Also: line, point, mark, spread

support

Something which supports.

Also: take, pass, go, hold

commit

The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction), making it a permanent change; such a change.

Also: make, charge, pull, place

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