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Stenka25 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
The meaning of validation in context
The passage below comes from The 48 Laws of Power.
Fill the Void. The two main emotional voids to fill are insecurity and unhappiness. The insecure are suckers for any kind of social validation; as for the chronically unhappy, look for the roots of their unhappiness. The insecure and the unhappy are the people least able to disguise their weaknesses.
In this passage the underlined 'validation' seems te be able to rephrased by 'recognition'.
(My dictionary check-up didn't show any meaning comparable to mine, though.)
Am I right?
If not, can you suggest any?
Regards.
Fill the Void. The two main emotional voids to fill are insecurity and unhappiness. The insecure are suckers for any kind of social validation; as for the chronically unhappy, look for the roots of their unhappiness. The insecure and the unhappy are the people least able to disguise their weaknesses.
In this passage the underlined 'validation' seems te be able to rephrased by 'recognition'.
(My dictionary check-up didn't show any meaning comparable to mine, though.)
Am I right?
If not, can you suggest any?
Regards.
Top answer
Recognition , affirmation and approval would suggest the same general idea.
- Recognition , affirmation and approval would suggest the same general idea.
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Recognition, affirmation and approval would suggest the same general idea.
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Sense 1.3 of "validate" at http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/validate#validate seems appropriate:
Recognize or affirm the validity or worth of (a person or their feelings or opinions); cause (a person) to feel valued or worthwhi
Recognize or affirm the validity or worth of (a person or their feelings or opinions); cause (a person) to feel valued or worthwhi
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