Emotion Granularity

Also known as emotion differentiation. The specificity of one’s emotional experiences and representations. An individual’s ability to make fine-grained, nuanced distinctions between similar emotional states.

Reference:

Smidt, K. E., & Suvak, M. K. (2015). A brief, but nuanced, review of emotional granularity and emotion differentiation research. Current Opinion in Psychology, 3, 48-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.02.007