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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbagage émotionnel
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ba.ɡaʒ e.mɔ.sjɔ.nɛl
"Il est difficile d'avancer quand on traîne trop de bagage émotionnel."
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2 senses- 1
Unresolved negative feelings, past traumas, or psychological issues from previous experiences that burden a person's current life and relationships.
"He needed time to deal with his emotional baggage before starting a new relationship." - 2
Prejudices, fixed mental attitudes, or accumulated stress that impede objective thinking or emotional growth.
"She approached the negotiation without the emotional baggage of past corporate failures."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines the 17th-century adjective 'emotional', derived from the Latin 'emovere' (to stir up or remove), with 'baggage', originating from Old French 'bagage' via medieval military logistics. In the mid-to-late 20th century, the expression became a prominent psychological idiom, metaphorically equating unresolved past traumas and negative feelings with physical luggage that weighs a person down.
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bagage émotionnel
Transliteration: ba.ɡaʒ e.mɔ.sjɔ.nɛl
"Il est difficile d'avancer quand on traîne trop de bagage émotionnel."
emotionaler Ballast
Transliteration: e.mo.t͡si̯o.naː.lɐ baˈlast
"Jeder Mensch trägt seinen eigenen emotionalen Ballast mit sich herum."
zavorra emotiva
Transliteration: dzaˈvɔr.ra e.moˈti.va
"Ha deciso di liberarsi della sua zavorra emotiva andando in terapia."
bagaje emocional
Transliteration: baˈxa.xe e.mo.sjoˈnal
"Superar el bagaje emocional requiere tiempo y paciencia."
bagagem emocional
Transliteration: baˈɡɐ.ʒẽj i.mo.su.ziˈaw
"Ela precisava de espaço para lidar com sua bagagem emocional."
मानसिक बोझ
Transliteration: maansik bojh
"अपने अतीत के मानसिक बोझ को पीछे छोड़ना जरूरी है।"
情感包袱
Transliteration: qíng gǎn bāo fu
"他一直在努力放下过去的情感包袱。"
정서적 짐
Transliteration: jeong-seo-jeok jim
"그는 과거의 정서적 짐을 극복해야 했다."
感情的負担
Transliteration: kanjōteki futan
"彼女は過去の感情的負担を乗り越えた。"
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