emotional reservation

[Noot]

Hi, can someone please tell me whether it is correct to use the term 'emotional reservation' to imply refraint from expressing emotions?

Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

Can you use it in a complete sentence to give us a better idea of what you mean?

 

[Noot]

Can you use it in a complete sentence to give us a better idea of what you mean?

"Because of her typical emotional reservation it was difficult to tell whether she looked forward to his visit or not."

Does this help? The term is meant to refer to individuals whose emotional state at any given time tends to be difficult to read or decipher.

Thanks for your help.

 

[emsr2d2]

I would understand what it meant in that context.

 

[Tdol]

You could use reserved emotionally.

 

[Raymott]

Hi, can someone please tell me whether it is correct to use the term 'emotional reservation' to imply refraint from expressing emotions?

Thanks.

I guess that's a neologism from 'refrain' and 'restraint'. I can't find it in dictionaries, but I'd accept it as a new word.

Here's another opinion:
http://musingsaorb.blogspot.com.au/2007/04/nice-refraint.html

 

[Noot]

I guess that's a neologism from 'refrain' and 'restraint'. I can't find it in dictionaries, but I'd accept it as a new word.

Here's another opinion:
http://musingsaorb.blogspot.com.au/2007/04/nice-refraint.html

Thanks for the comments and the link to the inspiring musings on the non-existent but useful word 'refraint'. I have also wondered why I never found it in the dictionary, yet catch myself (and others) using it often.

 

[Tdol]

I think it's a good word.

 

[MikeNewYork]

For me, it's not a word at all.