emotional age

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e·mo·tion·al age

a measure of emotional maturity by comparison with average emotional development.

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emotional age

Judgment of age with respect to the stage of emotional development.

See also: age

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Unlike our chronological (real) age and physical (body health) age, our 'Emotional Age' affects every decision we make and how we see our place in our family, circle of friends, and career.

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Murray's sister, Lady Georgina Bullough, told the trial at Oxford Crown Court he had the emotional age of a teenager.

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Because the girl is 18, police say they can do nothing, even though her father, Nick White, says Natalie has the emotional age of a 14-year-old, and has learning difficulties.

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Her mother, she says, had the emotional age of a 13-year-old because fierce arguments between her parents froze her development.

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One of the few legitimate uses of religious language, surely, is to bring everyone along beyond the emotional age of fifteen.