microaffirmation
microaffirmation noun: a minor action or statement which validates someone (or oneself).
Noun
microaffirmation (plural microaffirmations)
- A minor action or statement which validates someone (or oneself).
- Visualizing, using microaffirmations, (small ways in which you validate yourself and recognize that you are "perfect enough") and journaling are also excellent tools to help you to shed same-old, same-old habits and create and keep new ones.2013, Leta M. Beam, Take the Lead: Full-Throttle Engagement Powered by Coaching.: Everyday Leadership Series #1: Engagement., Hugo House Publishers, Ltd., →ISBN
- […] important and salient in some ways, an unintended consequence of the classroom practices was the deployment of the microaffirmation that 'good' White people do not need to develop a deeper critical awareness of themselves as raced […]2017, Greg Vass, Jacinta Maxwell, Sophie Rudolph, Kalervo N. Gulson, The Relationality of Race in Education Research, Routledge, →ISBN, page 79
Forms of microaffirmation
| plural | microaffirmations |
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Origin of microaffirmation
From micro- + affirmation.
Questions about microaffirmation
- What does microaffirmation mean?
- Microaffirmation means a minor action or statement which validates someone (or oneself).
- What part of speech is microaffirmation?
- Microaffirmation is a noun.
- What is the plural of microaffirmation?
- The plural of microaffirmation is microaffirmations.
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