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EI

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. emotional incontinence.

  2. emotional intelligence.

E.I. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. East Indian.

  2. East Indies.

EI British  

abbreviation

  1. East Indian

  2. East Indies

  3. social psychol emotional intelligence

  4. (in Canada) Employment Insurance: a regular payment to a person who is out of work, funded by contributions from workers and employers

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It also owns movie production and distribution company Medusa and holds a 40% stake in privately-held Italian broadcasting tower group EI Towers.

From Reuters • Jun. 12, 2023

Rai Way, EI Towers and MFE were not immediately available for comment.

From Reuters • Mar. 7, 2022

This may sound like the beginning of an ED commercial, but Garfield says it’s actually all about EI.

From Washington Post • May 27, 2015

Daniel Goleman expanded and popularised the theory, maintaining that EI is a better predictor of workplace success than IQ.

From Forbes • Sep. 11, 2012

EI had the sound of ei in English "feint".

From Latin Pronunciation A Short Exposition of the Roman Method by Peck, Harry Thurston

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