emotional authenticity
True feeling expressed
Emotional authenticity is the quality of expressing genuine feelings rather than performing or suppressing them.
Someone with emotional authenticity doesn't fake enthusiasm or hide sadness to meet social expectations.
The term appears frequently in therapy, self-help, and discussions of personal relationships: Her emotional authenticity made people trust her immediately.
It can also describe artistic work that feels genuinely felt rather than calculated: The film's emotional authenticity distinguished it from typical Hollywood fare.
- empathySharing another's emotions
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- true feelingsAuthentic internal emotional state
- congruenceState of agreement
- true selfOne's genuine identity
inner voice · introspection · gut feeling · trust · self-acceptance · vulnerability · heart on sleeve · honesty · moral integrity · sincerity · inner truth · unmasking · open book · transparency · mindfulness · connection · safe space · keeping it real
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Insincere show of sadness
insincerity · phoniness · affectation · emotional manipulation · disingenuousness
emotional authenticityemotional repression
Blocking one's own feelings
emotional numbness · emotional detachment · self-alienation · dissociation
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Excessive accommodation of others
putting on a brave face · emotional labor · impression management · code-switching
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