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Meaning of expressed emotion | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Negative or hostile attitudes expressed towards a person affected by mental illness by their family.
    uncountable
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see expressed, emotion.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“High expressed emotion (EE) experienced by people with mental illness is a known risk factor of relapse.”
“Social media research has shown that expressed emotions are propagated among social media users (e.g., Coviello et al., 2014; Kramer et al., 2014).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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