emotional labour
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Zach calls it "labelling" - making the invisible cognitive and emotional labour visible.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
When she asked her grandmother how she made sense of it, the answer was practical - more hands to do the work, physical labour and emotional labour alike.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"There's a concept in psychology called emotional labour," said Dr Cook.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025
The position was born of what we might now describe as emotional labour, too.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2020
We undertake the emotional labour of minimising men’s feelings of pain and humiliation.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2018
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